pabulum

• Nom qui peut désigner soit toute substance utilisée comme nourriture, soit une nourriture intellectuelle fade, sans intérêt ou dépourvue de substance.

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.

indénombrable

1. Food or nourishmentC1formal

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

   Nourriture

   • 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.

   Synonymesalimentfarefoodnourishmentnutrimentprovendersustenance

2. Intellectual nourishmentC2formal

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

   Nourriture intellectuelle insipide

   • 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.

   Synonymesdrivelmushpablumpaptripetwaddle

   Antonymeschallengestimulussubstance