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preposterousness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of preposterousness

lack of good sense or judgment

laughed at the sheer preposterousness of the idea

Synonyms of preposterousness

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

Words Related to preposterousness

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 preposterousness

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

discernment, insight, perception, percipience

Antonyms of preposterousness

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

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