Fatuity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fatuity \Fa*tu"i*ty\, n. [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf.
     F. fatuit['e] Cf. {Fatuous}.]
     Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
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           Those many forms of popular fatuity.     --I Taylor.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fatuity
       n : a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of
           the clown's behavior" [syn: {absurdity}, {fatuousness}, {silliness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "fatuity":
     absurdity, aimlessness, asininity, battiness, blank mind,
     blankmindedness, blankness, bootlessness, brainlessness,
     buffoonery, calm of mind, clownishness, counterproductiveness,
     counterproductivity, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness,
     daffiness, desipience, eccentricity, emptiness, emptiness of mind,
     empty-headedness, failure, fallow mind, fatuousness, fecklessness,
     folly, foolery, foolheadedness, foolishness, frivolity,
     frivolousness, fruitlessness, futility, giddiness, goofiness,
     hollowness, idiocy, imbecility, impotence, inanity,
     ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness,
     inefficaciousness, inefficacy, ineptitude, insanity, invalidity,
     lunacy, madness, meaninglessness, mental blankness, mindlessness,
     niaiserie, nirvana, nugacity, nuttiness, oblivion, otiosity,
     passivity, pointlessness, profitlessness, purposelessness,
     queerness, quietism, rat race, sappiness, screwiness,
     senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tabula rasa, the absurd,
     thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tranquillity, triflingness,
     triviality, unintelligence, unproductiveness, unprofitability,
     unprofitableness, uselessness, vacancy, vacuity, valuelessness,
     vanity, vicious circle, wackiness, weirdness, witlessness,
     worthlessness, zaniness, zanyism