pabulum

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A noun that can refer either to any substance that can be used as food, or to intellectual nourishment that is bland, uninteresting, or lacking in substance.

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1. Food or nourishment C1 formal

   Any substance that can be used as food; something that provides sustenance.

   • The refugees were given basic pabulum to survive.
   • In ancient times, grains were the primary pabulum for many cultures.
   • The hospital provided pabulum for the recovering patients.

   🌐غذاء

   المرادفات: alimentfarefoodnourishmentnutrimentprovendersustenance

2. Intellectual nourishment C2 formal

   Insipid or simplistic intellectual material that is easy to digest but lacks substance.

   • The lecture was mere pabulum, offering no new insights.
   • He criticized the media for feeding the public intellectual pabulum.
   • The book was dismissed as pabulum for the masses.

   🌐غذاء فكري

   المرادفات: drivelmushpablumpaptripetwaddle

   الأضداد: challengestimulussubstance

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