Synonyms for fatuity
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Noun
1. Absurdity
absurdity, foolishness, madness, folly, idiocy, silliness, senselessness, imbecility, fatuousness, vacuousness, stupidity
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Definitions
- n. 1
Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
Related words
- Word family
- fatuous
Forms
- Plural
- fatuities → absurdities, foolishnesses, madnesses, follies…
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Fatuity is sometimes used as equivalent to idiocy, but more frequently signifies conceited and excessive foolishness or folly.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- madness Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
- folly Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.
- absurdity The absurdity of the situation was almost comical.
- foolishness I'm getting endlessly annoyed by this foolishness.
- dotage She was sinking into her dotage.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fatuity | falling | |
| madness | rising | |
| folly | steady | |
| absurdity | steady | |
| foolishness | rising | |
| dotage | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- folly2
- 6 letters
- idiocy4, dotage
- 7 letters
- madness2
- 9 letters
- stupidity4, absurdity4, silliness3
- 10 letters
- imbecility
- 11 letters
- foolishness3, vacuousness, fatuousness
- 13 letters
- senselessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (folly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fatuité
- Español
- fatuidad
- Deutsch
- Überheblichkeit
- Català
- fatuïtat