Goals, programmes and manifestos stultify a movement.
From the guardian.co.uk
The economy continues to stultify and the government deficit proves increasingly stubborn and difficult to manage.
From the nzherald.co.nz
That will surely stultify debate about the proper role of the law in America-hardly a trivial matter in the most legalistic society on earth.
From the economist.com
Shine is too serious for escapism, yet clumsy lyrics and treadmill backing tracks stultify the substance that Gray believed that he possessed in spades.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
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Prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"
Cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
Cripple: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
(stultification) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent
(stultification) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
Humiliation (also called stultification) is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. ...