sillification
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sillification (uncountable)
- The process of making something silly.
- 19 June 1957, J. R. R. Tolkien, letter to Rayner Unwin:
- I think I should find vulgarization less painful than the sillification achieved by the BBC.
- 2007, Priscilla Anne Schwab, The Litigation Manual: First Supplement, page 1149:
- 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.