as in insanities
a foolish act or idea
trying to get that many people to agree on anything was pure idiocy
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Working with Chhaya clients who were facing foreclosure, Mamdani got an intimate look at the little insanities of the city’s housing crisis.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Rather than preach, though, Anderson dives deeper into the absurdities, pushing his characters to extremity, incorporating humor and violence and the Sisters of the Brave Beaver.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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The latest addition to the genre, AMC’s The Audacity, captures all the absurdities, egos, and jargon of the tech scene as deftly as its predecessors.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Idiocies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiocies. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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