fatuousness

as instupidity
as inidiocy

Synonyms for fatuousness

noun dullness of mind

Antonyms for fatuousness

idiocy

noun. utter stupidity

Word Origin & History

c.1600, from Latin fatuus "foolish, insipid, silly;" of uncertain origin (Buck suggests originally "stricken" in the head). Related: Fatuously; fatuousness.

Example Sentences forfatuousness

He believes in his own tolerance, which is merely his fatuousness.

Dave asked with a fatuousness that still further irritated him.

The fatuousness of forethought had seldom been evinced more ironically.

They were greatly assisted by the fatuousness of the Democrats.

Then wrap it up in a blanket of humour, sprinkle with fatuousness, and serve cold.

This is neither pride nor fatuousness on my part; it is a sort of intuition that comes to me, I think, from Heaven above.

Instead of breaking, as the bosses—with the fatuousness of Nero—had hoped, the picket became more intense and more effective.

With the fatuousness of a weak man cornered, he clung to unimportant details.

One other partial concession is made in a passage sublime in its fatuousness.

fatuousness

Synonyms for fatuousness

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