monotony

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/məˈnɒtəni/

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/məˈnɒtəni/ · /məˈnɑtəni/ · /məˈnɑtni/ · /məˈnɔtəni/ · [məˈnɔ̟təni]

Definition of monotony

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

“It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...”
“Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.”
“Transform my death into a conduit This body separate from the fear of fear Inside a coping mechanism of monotony I will destroy the double vision that I was forced to leave”

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noun

Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

“It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...”
“Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.”
“Transform my death into a conduit This body separate from the fear of fear Inside a coping mechanism of monotony I will destroy the double vision that I was forced to leave”
The property of a monotonic function.
The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

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From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).

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