dummify
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English
Etymology 1
Verb
dummify (third-person singular simple present dummifies, present participle dummifying, simple past and past participle dummified)
- (transitive) To make (something) into a dummy.
- 1994 June, Marijke ter Voert, Albert Felling, Jan Peters, “The Effect of Religion on Self-Interest Morality”, in Review of Religious Research, volume 35, number 4, : Religious Research Association, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 315:
- As a consequence, it was not necessary to dummify this variable.
Etymology 2
Verb
dummify (third-person singular simple present dummifies, present participle dummifying, simple past and past participle dummified)
- Alternative form of dumbify (to make stupid)
- 1999, Frank Coffey, The Complete Idoit's Guide for Dumies: A How-to Book on Dumbing Down, Berkeley, C.A.: Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 9:
- However, TV serves to dummify us in ways that physical exercise alone cannot. You see, rather than giving your brain a workout, TV has actually been proven to give the precious organ a work-in.
References
- ^ “dummify, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
