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fatuity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fatuity

1 a foolish act or idea
  • Building another mall in an area that seems to already have a surplus of them seems like a gross fatuity.
Synonyms of fatuity

absurdity, asininity, folly, foolery, foppery, idiocy, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, stupidity
Words Related to fatuity

absurdness, craziness, foolishness, inaneness, madness, senselessness, witlessness

buffoonery, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery

drivel, humbug, nonsense, twaddle

blunder, bungle, flub, goof, howler
Near Antonyms of fatuity

discretion, forethought, prudence, sagacity, wisdom

brainstorm, inspiration
2 lack of good sense or judgment
  • the fatuity of the homeowner who used gasoline to burn a pile of brushwood
Synonyms of fatuity

absurdity, asininity, balminess, brainlessness, craziness, daftness, dippiness, dottiness, fatuousness, folly, foolishness, imbecility, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, simplicity, wackiness, witlessness, zaniness
Words Related to fatuity

denseness, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, feeblemindedness, idiocy, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, simplemindedness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity

fallacy, irrationality, unreasonableness

kookiness, weirdness

laughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness
Near Antonyms of fatuity

logicality, logicalness, rationality, rationalness, reasonability, reasonableness, validity

discernment, insight, perception, percipience
Antonyms of fatuity

prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness, wisdom
3 the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
  • was patient with my fatuity when it came to electronics
Synonyms of fatuity

brainlessness, denseness, density, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, foolishness, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, thickness, vacuity, witlessness
Words Related to fatuity

feeblemindedness, simplemindedness

absurdity, asininity, balminess, craziness, daftness, dottiness, fatuousness, folly, idiocy, inaneness, inanity, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsensicalness, nuttiness, preposterousness, silliness, wackiness, zaniness
Near Antonyms of fatuity

acumen, alertness, astuteness, discernment, insight, judgment (or judgement), perception

sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom, wit

logicalness, rationality, reasonableness, soundness, validity
Antonyms of fatuity

braininess, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, intelligence, quick-wittedness, smartness

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