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Word of the Day for Friday, August 21, 2009stultify \STUHL-tuh-fahy\, verb: 1. To render useless or ineffectual; cripple. The word "civilization" to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don't believe in the golden ages, you see... civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture. It's different playĆ¢¦ they're so busy building, they don't realize," says Kling. Although she notes that companies like Lego produce praiseworthy technological games, some technology can "stultify" children, but then, she adds, so can some board games. Stultify is from Late Latin stultificāre, "to make foolish." | |||||||||
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