Synonyms of fatuity

fatuity

noun

fə-ˈtü-ət-ē 

1

as in insanity

a foolish act or idea

opening another auto dealership in an area that already has a surplus of them seems like a gross fatuity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• idiocy
• absurdity
• bêtise
• stupidity
• imbecility
• foppery
• inanity
• madness
• folly
• asininity
• lunacy
• foolery
• blunder
• buffoonery
• craziness
• witlessness
• absurdness
• foolishness
• tomfoolery
• twaddle
• nonsense
• senselessness
• inaneness
• shenanigan(s)
• drivel
• monkeyshine(s)
• humbug
• flub
• bungle
• howler
• goof

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discretion
• wisdom
• prudence
• sagacity
• forethought
• inspiration
• brainstorm

2

as in madness

lack of good sense or judgment

local morning DJs lambasted the fatuity of the homeowner who used gasoline to burn a pile of brushwood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• madness
• simplicity
• absurdity
• fatuousness
• unwisdom
• foolishness
• preposterousness
• imbecility
• inanity
• daftness
• craziness
• witlessness
• dottiness
• wackiness
• silliness
• folly
• zaniness
• brainlessness
• asininity
• lunacy
• nuttiness
• senselessness
• balminess
• stupidity
• stupidness
• idiocy
• obtuseness
• nonsensicalness
• dullness
• dumbness
• feeblemindedness
• slowness
• dippiness
• unreasonableness
• irrationality
• simplemindedness
• dopiness
• mindlessness
• simpleness
• oafishness
• denseness
• ridiculousness
• vacuity
• fallacy
• doltishness
• ludicrousness
• kookiness
• weirdness
• gormlessness
• dim-wittedness
• laughableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sagacity
• prudence
• wisdom
• sanity
• soundness
• rationality
• sapience
• validity
• reasonableness
• sensibleness
• logicality
• sagaciousness
• perception
• insight
• reasonability
• discernment
• sageness
• logicalness
• percipience
• rationalness

3

as in obtuseness

the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind

the fatuity of the characters on that TV sitcom actually gets laughs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obtuseness
• thickness
• stupidness
• dullness
• dumbness
• stupidity
• slowness
• dopiness
• mindlessness
• boneheadedness
• foolishness
• witlessness
• weak-mindedness
• oafishness
• denseness
• density
• brainlessness
• dorkiness
• vacuity
• senselessness
• doltishness
• insanity
• simplicity
• gormlessness
• simpleness
• fatuousness
• feeblemindedness
• idiocy
• simplemindedness
• absurdity
• dim-wittedness
• preposterousness
• madness
• daftness
• inanity
• dottiness
• craziness
• irrationality
• wackiness
• unreasonableness
• zaniness
• nincompoopery
• asininity
• folly
• silliness
• lunacy
• nuttiness
• inaneness
• balminess
• fallacy
• nonsensicalness
• dippiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligence
• brilliance
• cleverness
• brightness
• smartness
• quickness
• judgment
• perception
• insight
• keenness
• perspicacity
• sharpness
• astuteness
• acumen
• alertness
• discernment
• braininess
• sagacity
• quick-wittedness
• wisdom
• wit
• percipience
• rationality
• validity
• reasonableness
• soundness
• sapience
• logicality
• sageness
• logicalness
• rationalness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fatuity

Despite the fatuity of the arguments being posited by the ESG critics, the investment industry is running scared. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022

Molière escapes fatuity with his candor that what restores a universe unbalanced by intellectual obsession is, most often, normal erotic appetite. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022

Their work, in and out of power, is to dress up the atavistic avarice and self-serving fatuity of the wealthy people who fund and shape conservative politics as an ideology. — David Roth, The New Republic, 9 June 2020