Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sillification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sil-li-fi-ca-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of making something silly.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I think I should find vulgarization less painful than the sillification achieved by the BBC."
"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."

Etymology

From silly + -fication.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: silly

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does sillification mean?: The process of making something silly.
Where does sillification come from?: From silly + -fication.

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