nonsensification
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense English -ification English nonsensification From nonsense + -ification.
- derived from *sennus Old French sensbor✻
- derived from *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor✻
Definitions
The act of producing nonsense
The act of producing nonsense; the nonsense so produced.
- "Only a simple suffumigation," said the Baronet, "accompanied by availing ourselves of the suitable planetary hour." "Simple suffumigation? simple nonsensification—planetary hour? planetary fiddlestick!"
- "Nonsensification": Senseless associations are concocted as a strategy of confusion, especially by compulsives.
- Simon Weil considered "nonsensification" to be characteristic of fascist regimes.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nonsensification. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA