stultify

verbs

prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence

"nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"

stultify

is derived from

stultification

domain category

the collection of rules imposed by authority

"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

jurisprudence, law

is a type of (narrower)

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show

cause to appear foolish

"He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"

stultify

is derived from

stultification

is a type of (narrower)

subject to laughter or ridicule

"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

"This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

cripple, stultify