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stupidifying

stupidifying is the present participle and gerund of stupidify.

Meaning of stupidify

Verb

stupidify (third-person singular simple present stupidifies, present participle stupidifying, simple past and past participle stupidified)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To make stupider or promote stupidity.
    • Donaldo Macedo's work suggests traditional education intends to stupidify in an effort to conceal humanity's ability to transform the world and create history.2004, Stanley S. Steiner, H. Mark Krank, Robert E. Bahruth, Freireian Pedagogy, Praxis, and Possibilities, →ISBN

Questions about stupidifying

What is stupidifying the present participle and gerund of?
Stupidifying is the present participle and gerund of stupidify.

Words near stupidifying in the dictionary

  1. stupidies
  2. stupidification
  3. stupidified
  4. stupidifies
  5. stupidify
  6. stupidifying
  7. stupidish
  8. stupidism
  9. stupidisms
  10. stupidities
  11. stupidity

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