fatuousness

noun

Definition of fatuousnessnext
as in insanity
lack of good sense or judgment the sheer fatuousness of the theory precludes any serious discussion

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  1. insanity
  2. madness
  3. simplicity
  4. absurdity
  5. foolishness
  6. unwisdom
Noun
  • This is reminiscent of the famous remark that this is a fine line between genius and insanity.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Then again, believing that to be true might just be what insanity looks like from the inside.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • But Melina always fascinated Lila — the authenticity of madness, untethered from the social mores that dominated their environment, made sense for Lila.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Schedule madness Schools will play 18 conference games.
    Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of madness
Noun
  • Raines believes that simplicity also applies to his politics.
    Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The production’s simplicity ditched the cliches that have accumulated around the play over decades.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of simplicity
Noun
  • On the floor above a woman sweeps the floor, an act of absurdity that doubles as bravery, the whole scene a desperate attempt at normalcy in a world that has become anything but.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Accentuating the absurdity of the gold rush, one of the screenwriters of Mezrich’s project, Lauren Schuker Blum, was competing with her husband, the producer Jason Blum, who was racing to get HBO’s project developed.
    Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • Then after Tyla won Best International Artist, Henson ran through the calendar to recap a year in foolishness.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 June 2024
  • On an international level, too..., one country’s climate response can easily leave another country impoverished, either through neglect, foolishness or outright malevolence.
    Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of foolishness
Noun
  • Even at the outset of Covid-19, the unwisdom of lockdowns guided mainstream epidemiology.
    Phillip W. Magness and Peter C. Earle, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Dog-dad Daryl proves the unwisdom of bringing his pet to work and ends up crawling through a crack in the rocks to chase his pup.
    Richard Rys, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
Definition of unwisdom
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