1
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asininity
Noun
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Moving forward with the same, non-competitive formula would meet the definition of insanity.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 May 2026 -
Considering these economic anxieties, allocating nearly one-third of the state budget to defense might seem like insanity.—
Anna Nemtsova,
Time,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Russian madness truly knows no bounds, so please protect your lives.—
Robert McGreevy , Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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My ideal version is bringing a book and eating my Mixue ice cream out there for twenty minutes before heading back into the madness.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Noun
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That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
13 May 2026
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The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Council’s approach is built around speed, simplicity, and state control.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Captain Nick Suzuki spoke after an 8-3 loss in Game 6 against the Buffalo Sabres in the second round about how the special atmosphere in the building forces his young team into trying to do too much, getting away from the simplicity of their game that more often leads to success in the playoffs.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Hsu attacks the transformation with fearless physical comedy and emotional sincerity, balancing the musical's absurdity with genuine warmth.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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The broader absurdity of current industry economics drives Todorovic.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Noun
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And not just because one of the leading contestants torched himself and his political livelihood in a bonfire of hubris and stupidity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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That men like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are entrusted with businesses of tectonic influence can be difficult to understand, but their cults of personality have been able to survive scrutiny, perhaps because the money itself is too imposing a firewall for their own stupidity to penetrate.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2026
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But the flight to extremism, and the metastasizing inanity, is a two-party problem, and those of us who are Democrats and who care about the importance of regrowing the dormant (if not dead) political center have an obligation to try to do something about it.—
Jeffrey Robbins,
Boston Herald,
4 May 2026
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The post-liberals stand for cruelty and inanity, but Brooks can’t admit to standing for much of anything at all.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Asininity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asininity. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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