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sillification

sillification noun: the process of making something silly.

Noun

sillification (uncountable)

  1. The process of making something silly.
    • I think I should find vulgarization less painful than the sillification achieved by the BBC.19 June 1957, J. R. R. Tolkien, letter to Rayner Unwin
    • Obviously, self-sillification should be avoided. Nevertheless, it takes a long time — many reiterations of "How do you know?" — to get a lawyer to look comical.2007, Priscilla Anne Schwab, The Litigation Manual: First Supplement, page 1149

Origin of sillification

From silly + -fication.

Questions about sillification

What does sillification mean?
Sillification means the process of making something silly.
What part of speech is sillification?
Sillification is a noun.

Words near sillification in the dictionary

  1. sillibubs
  2. Sillicus
  3. sillier
  4. sillies
  5. silliest
  6. sillification
  7. sillikin
  8. sillikins
  9. sillily
  10. Silliman
  11. sillimanite

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