sillification

English

Etymology

silly +‎ -fication

Noun

sillification (uncountable)

1. The process of making something silly.
   • 19 June 1957, J. R. R. Tolkien, letter to Rayner Unwin:

     I think I should find vulgarization less painful than the sillification achieved by the BBC.

   • 2007, Priscilla Anne Schwab, The Litigation Manual: First Supplement, page 1149:

     Obviously, self-sillification should be avoided. Nevertheless, it takes a long time — many reiterations of "How do you know?" — to get a lawyer to look comical.