dumbassification

noun

The process of becoming worse or stupider.

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Meanings

noundumbassification (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountablevulgarThe process of becoming worse or stupider.

    Every year, he makes a college-lecture tour, speaking out against what he likes to call the “dumbassification” of American culture.

    2004 April 4, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Dumbassification”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020

Origin

From dumbass + -ification.

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APA

dumbassification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumbassification

MLA

“dumbassification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumbassification. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dumbassification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumbassification.

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