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1. (n.) monotony
wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in action or aspect.
2. monotony
sameness of tone or pitch, as in speaking.
Etymology: (1700–10; < LGk, der. of monotonía=monóton(os)monotonous+-ia -y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) monotony, humdrum, sameness
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
"he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"
2. (noun) monotony
constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
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1. (noun) monotony
boredom caused by lack of variety
the monotony of factory work
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| Definition of 'monotony' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) monotony
a frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing
2. (noun) monotony
any irksome sameness, or want of variety
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Sense: lacking in variety; dull
a monotonous piece of music.
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 Afrikaans: eentonigheid |
 Arabic: رَتابَه |
 Bulgarian: монотонност |
 Brazilian: monotonia |
 Czech: jednotvárnost |
 German: die Monotonie |
 Danish: ensformighed |
 Greek: μονοτονία |
 Spanish: monotonía |
 Estonian: monotoonsus |
 Farsi: یکنواختی |
 Finnish: monotonisuus |
 French: monotonie |
 Hebrew: מוֹנוֹטוֹנִיוּת, חַדגוֹנִ |
 Hindi: एक स्वरता |
 Croatian: jednoličnost |
 Hungarian: egyhangúság |
 Indonesian: gaya monoton |
 Icelandic: einhæfni, tilbreytingarle |
 Italian: monotonia |
 Japanese: 単調 |
 Korean: 단조로움 |
 Lithuanian: monotonija |
 Latvian: monotonija, vienmuļība |
 Malay: yang sama dan membosankan |
 Dutch: eentonigheid |
 Norwegian: ensformighet, enstonighet |
 Polish: monotonia |
 Persian: یکنواختی |
 Pashto: يو قسم موسيقى غږول |
 Portuguese: monotonia |
 Romanian: monotonie |
 Russian: монотонность |
 Slovak: jednotvárnosť |
 Slovenian: enoličnost |
 Serbian: monotonost |
 Swedish: monotoni, enformighet |
 Thai: ความซ้ำซาก |
 Turkish: tekdüzelik |
 Taiwanese: 單音 |
 Ukrainian: монотонність; одноманітні |
 Urdu: ناگوار یکسانیت |
 Vietnamese: trạng thái đơn điệu |
 Chinese: 单音 |
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