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preposterousness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of preposterousness

lack of good sense or judgment

laughed at the sheer preposterousness of the idea

Synonyms for preposterousness

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

Words Related to preposterousness

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

fallacy,
irrationality,
unreasonableness

kookiness,
weirdness

laughableness,
ludicrousness,
ridiculousness

Near Antonyms for preposterousness

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

discernment,
insight,
perception,
percipience

Antonyms for preposterousness

prudence,
sagaciousness,
sagacity,
sageness,
sanity,
sapience,
sensibleness,
soundness,
wisdom

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