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    [Noun]  | "mo*not*o*ny" | \ mə-ˈnä-tə-nē \


    1: tedious sameness

    2: sameness of tone or sound


    Origin: 1636 ;

     Borrowed from Late Latin monotonia "sameness of tone," borrowed from Greek monotonía (attested only in the work of {see: |quintillian|Quintilian:b}), from monótonos "lacking variation in pitch, {see: |monotone:2|monotone:2}" + -ia {see: |-y:2|-y:2};

    [Noun]  | "monotony" 


    1: a tedious lack of variety;


      * e.g., " ... the monotony of the cafeteria's selections was as bad as the quality "



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     [ "monotony" ]

    1: The practice of restricting oneself to having sex with only one other person. synonym: monogamy

      * e.g.,  ... A: Hey dude, wanna go hire some hookers? B: No thanks, I'm trying to practice monotony. 

     [ "Mundane Monotony" ]

    1: The 9 to 5 drag. The somebody else's business that you can't control. Robot like. Repetitiveness. Basic bitch. 401k shit. Not a creative stitch in you is what they prefer.

      * e.g.,  ... I will try to make a change in my schedule to make my job more enjoyable by avoiding the mundane monotony. 

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