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Noun: monotony  mu'nó-t(u-)nee
  1. The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
    "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work";
    - humdrum, sameness
     
  2. Constancy of tone, pitch or inflection
    "The monotony of his voice put the audience to sleep"

Derived forms: monotonies

Type of: constancy, constantness [rare], stability, unvariedness

Encyclopedia: Monotony