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monotony.

Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/məˈnɒtəni/Received-Pronunciation/məˈnɑtəni/General-American, dialectal/məˈnɑtni/General-American, dialectal/məˈnɒtəni/Canada, dialectal
  1. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

  2. The property of a monotonic function.

  3. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

Where this word comes from

From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.