FATUOUSNESS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

fatuousness

noun

as in insanity

lack of good sense or judgment the sheer fatuousness of the theory precludes any serious discussion

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Noun

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over.

— Ryan Ottignon, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026
Bennett asked the jury to find Hinton not guilty by reason of insanity.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of insanity

Noun

Some went as far as likening the outage to life in prehistoric times or descending into madness.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026
Republican states, beginning with Texas, started this madness, and other states, both Democrat and Republican, followed like sheep.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of madness

Noun

One can treat it as an indelible feature of human psychology, an unavoidable by-product of our appetite for simplicity and affiliation.

— Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Despite the beery bonhomie and singalong-friendly simplicity of their tunes, the Twisted Teens are grappling with an increasingly complex tangle of contradictions and tensions.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of simplicity

Noun

Firstman excels at highlighting the absurdity of celebrity and the pretension of coastal media types.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
To expose the assumptions, prejudices and absurdities of those interacting with them in the real world — whether on the right or left, in a position of tremendous power or someone off the street.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of absurdity

Noun

Even at the outset of Covid-19, the unwisdom of lockdowns guided mainstream epidemiology.

— Phillip W. Magness and Peter C. Earle, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2021
Dog-dad Daryl proves the unwisdom of bringing his pet to work and ends up crawling through a crack in the rocks to chase his pup.

— Richard Rys, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021

Definition of unwisdom

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