Monotony

Pronunciation

Origin

From the post-Classical Latin monotonia and its etymon the Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonia, "sameness of tone”, “monotony"); compare the French monotonie and the Italian monotonia, as well as the later English monotone.

Full definition of monotony

Noun

1. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
• , Arthur Conan Doyle, Through the Magic Door Chapter 1, Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.
2. (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.
3. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

Derived terms

• monotone
• monotonous