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as in insanity
a foolish act or idea
a serious journalist who refuses to take part in the asininity of reporting celebrity gossip as real news
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
the asininity of your public ridicule of the boss is beyond belief
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Noun
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Following his arrest, Gein was charged with first-degree murder, but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025 -
But beneath the insanity, there's real heart, pathos, and vulnerability.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Against the backdrop of New York’s Hudson Valley, the film explores faith, madness, autonomy, and the fragile boundary between salvation and delusion.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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There’s only madness at the bottom of that picture.—
Kate Colby
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But my naivete and idiocy about what this was going to take was staggering to me just six months later.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The pieces serve as grounding tools, a nod to simplicity in design but layered with weighty symbolism.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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With its combination of simplicity, stability, and cost-efficiency, the kirigami parachute may soon find its place in both relief missions and advanced aerospace tests.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ohio is another absurdity, used to describe something strange, weird, or cringey.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The absurdity of the situation began to dawn on me, and a round of giggles began building inside.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Its stupidity was entertaining, but its stupidity also freed me from having to think about it.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The only reason for this incessant stupidity?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But that inanity, that ridiculousness is embedded in the story.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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For the past four years, Honan has been a worm in Adams’s apple, scoring scoop after scoop about the dramas, inanities, and intrigues of his administration.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Asininity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asininity. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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