foolishness
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nounDefinition of FOOLISHNESS
1
: foolish behavior
2
: a foolish act or idea
Examples of FOOLISHNESS
- <the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth>
- <couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness, so I told them to be quiet>
First Known Use of FOOLISHNESS
15th century
Related to FOOLISHNESS
- Synonyms
- absurdity, asininity, balminess, brainlessness, craziness, daftness, dippiness, dottiness, fatuity, fatuousness, folly, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, simplicity, unwisdom, wackiness, witlessness, zaniness
- Antonyms
- prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness, wisdom
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