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MONOTONY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("monotony" is a kind of...):
constancy; stability (the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
Example:
he hated the sameness of the food the college served
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("monotony" is a kind of...):
unvariedness (characterized by an absence of variation)
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