monotony
(noun)
Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
Examples of monotony in the following topics:
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Choosing Vivid Words
- Monotony: the cardinal and most common sin of the public speaker. " - J.
- Avoid the "sin of monotony," as Esenwein puts it, by using vivid language and imagery to build interest in your speech.
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Brief Survey of Epistemology
- Social monotony thus implies cosmic monotony - or 'objectivity,' as the latter is called today" (Feyerabend, p 260).
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Alternative Philosophies
- Job rotation is also believed to have the ability to decrease the amount of boredom and monotony experienced by employees who work the same position for extended periods of time.
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Organizing Tasks
- Organization has to operate for the betterment of employees and must not encourage monotony of work due to higher degree of specialization.
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Pitch
- Avoid monotony, speaking with one pitch tone or little variety in pitch.
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Factories, Working Women, and Wage Labor
- The monotony of repetitive tasks made days particularly long.