fatuity

fatuity
Synonyms and related words:
absurdity, aimlessness, asininity, battiness, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, bootlessness, brainlessness, buffoonery, calm of mind, clownishness, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, daffiness, desipience, eccentricity, emptiness, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, failure, fallow mind, fatuousness, fecklessness, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, fruitlessness, futility, giddiness, goofiness, hollowness, idiocy, imbecility, impotence, inanity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, ineptitude, insanity, invalidity, lunacy, madness, meaninglessness, mental blankness, mindlessness, niaiserie, nirvana, nugacity, nuttiness, oblivion, otiosity, passivity, pointlessness, profitlessness, purposelessness, queerness, quietism, rat race, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tabula rasa, the absurd, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tranquillity, triflingness, triviality, unintelligence, unproductiveness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, uselessness, vacancy, vacuity, valuelessness, vanity, vicious circle, wackiness, weirdness, witlessness, worthlessness, zaniness, zanyism

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  • Fatuity — Fa*tu i*ty, n. [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuit[ e] Cf. {Fatuous}.] Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. [1913 Webster] Those many forms of popular fatuity. I Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fatuity — index opacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fatuity — 1530s, from M.Fr. fatuité (14c.), from L. fatuitatem (nom. fatuitas) foolishness, from fatuus foolish, insipid, of uncertain origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • fatuity — [fə to͞o′ə tē, fətyo͞o′ə tē; fato͞o′ə tē, fatyo͞o′ə tē] n. pl. fatuities [Fr fatuité < L fatuitas < fatuus: see FATUOUS] 1. stupidity, esp. complacent stupidity; smug foolishness 2. a fatuous remark, act, etc. 3. Archaic idiocy or… …   English World dictionary

  • fatuity — fatuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ silly and pointless. DERIVATIVES fatuity noun (pl. fatuities) fatuously adverb fatuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin fatuus foolish …   English terms dictionary

  • fatuity — noun (plural ities) Etymology: Middle French fatuité foolishness, from Latin fatuitat , fatuitas, from fatuus Date: 1538 1. a. something foolish or stupid b. stupidity, foolishness 2. archaic imbecility, dementia …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fatuity — /feuh tooh i tee, tyooh /, n., pl. fatuities. 1. complacent stupidity; foolishness. 2. something foolish; bêtise. [1530 40; < L fatuitas. See FATUOUS, ITY] * * * …   Universalium

  • fatuity — noun Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. See Also: fatuous …   Wiktionary

  • fatuity — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. folly, asininity, idiocy; see stupidity 1 , 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • fatuity — fa·tu·i·ty || fÉ™ tʃuːətɪ n. stupidity; self satisfied stupidity …   English contemporary dictionary

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