INSANITIES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

insanities

noun

plural of insanity

as in absurdities

a foolish act or idea everyone laughed at the latest insanity from the town eccentric

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Recent Examples of insanities 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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absurdities

Noun

Like a more crass, animated Seinfeld, Rocko deals with the mundanities and absurdities of daily life.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026
And for a period of time, many Republicans resisted these kinds of absurdities.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026