fatuousness
- noun
- /ˈfædʒuəsnəs/
:
fatuidad
Examples
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The custom explains the tribe's emotional bias as well as their fatuousness in the face of a crisis.
Academic text (1995) -
In response to my letter thanking him for his achievement, Peter indicated that I was not the only one of his friendly critics to claim that he was embodying objectivity even as he was proclaiming the fatuousness of that very ideal.
Academic text (1993) -
His constant fatuousness in discussions makes it hard to take him seriously.
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The fatuousness of their arguments showed a lack of understanding of the issue.
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People often dismiss her ideas due to the perceived fatuousness of her comments.
Synonyms
115
2.5
Not being smart or having good judgment
61
2.7
A lack of good sense or careful thought that causes bad choices
54
6.1
Something very silly that goes against common sense
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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9.5
A state of being very silly and without any real meaning
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9.9
A very silly and stupid idea or action
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6.2
A state of not understanding things quickly
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9.2
A state of being empty of meaning and thought
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8.2
Being very foolish and not willing to change, causing mistakes
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6.8
A very silly or crazy way of behaving that makes people laugh
The state of being very foolish in a stubborn way
A foolish way of acting that shows poor judgment
A lack of good judgment when making choices
A quality of being slow to understand and making simple mistakes
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fatuousness comes from the Latin word fatuus, which means 'silly' or 'foolish', and you can see the same root in infatuate, which means 'to make foolish'. So, fatuousness is the state of being silly or empty-headed.