Stultify – Preventing new ideas from developing
(Pronounced stuhl-tuh-fye)
To remember the definition of the word stultify, use the following mnemonic:
The stubborn sultan would defy (stultify) his advisers, which prevented new ideas from developing.
Examples of stultify in a sentence
The teachers goal is to educate, not stultify students.
The old inventor would constantly stultify his young apprentice.
The residents tried to stultify developers who were talking about building a new shopping centre.
