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blandification

American  
[bland-uh-fi-kay-shuhn] / ˌblænd ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of making something uninteresting, plain, or bland.

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Sleeper’s buoyant use of color and pattern is magic to eyes dulled by the blandification of tidying up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 3, 2018

The other source of what might be called the blandification of pop culture?

From Time • Aug. 27, 2013

He despises the blandification of comedy, in which satirical panel shows "rehabilitate war criminals", as he describes Alastair Campbell; cue a routine about Robert Mugabe replacing Dara Ó Briain on Three Men in a Boat.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2013

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