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monotony definition

mo·noto·ny (mə nät′'n ē)

noun

  1. sameness of tone or pitch, or continuance of the same tone without variation
  2. lack of variation or variety
  3. tiresome sameness or uniformity

Etymology: Fr monotonie < Gr monotonia: see monotonous

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monotony Synonyms

monotony

n.

invariability, likeness, sameness, tediousness, similarity, continuity, continuance, oneness, identicalness, evenness, levelness, flatness, dreariness, unchangeableness, equability, boredom; jog trot*, even tenor*, the same old thing*; see also boredom, dullness 1.

Antonyms difference*, variability, variety*.


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monotony Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • life: It just takes me away from the monotony of daily life.

Converse of object

  • relieve: Sir Arthur had spent many a long weekend with his friend at Bridewell, hoping to relieve the monotony of city life.

Adjective modifier

  • regular: Public speaking is something that comes round with regular monotony.
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monotony quotes

Le charme de la nouveaute¤  , peu a'   peu tombant comme un ve" t ement, laissait voir a'   nu l'e¤  ternelle monotonie de la passion, qui a toujours les me"  mes formes et le me"  me langage. The charm of novelty, falling little by little like a robe, revealed the eternal monotony of passion, which has always the same forms and the same language.

-Flaubert, Gustave

He said that, by god,D. H. Lawrence was right when he had said there must be a dumb, dark, dull, bitter belly- tension between a man and a woman, and how else could this be achieved save in the long monotony of marriage?

-Gibbons, Stella Dorothea

There is in Kean, an infinite variety of talent, with a certain monotony of genius.

-Hazlitt,William

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