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dumbassification

dumbassification noun: the process of becoming worse or stupider.

Noun

dumbassification (uncountable)

  1. (informal, vulgar) The process of becoming worse or stupider.
    • Every year, he makes a college-lecture tour, speaking out against what he likes to call the “dumbassification” of American culture.2004 April 4, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Dumbassification”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020

Origin of dumbassification

From dumbass + -ification.

Questions about dumbassification

What does dumbassification mean?
Dumbassification means the process of becoming worse or stupider.
What part of speech is dumbassification?
Dumbassification is a noun.

Words near dumbassification in the dictionary

  1. dumbassed
  2. dumbassery
  3. dumbasses
  4. dumbassest
  5. dumbasshood
  6. dumbassification
  7. dumbassity
  8. dumbassness
  9. dumbbell
  10. dumbbell curve
  11. dumbbell curves

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