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Definition of inanity:
Synonyms:
fatuousness, nuttiness, nonsensicalness, simplicity, lunacy, pointlessness, imbecility, unwisdom, rashness, witlessness, vacuity, heedlessness, hollowness, mindlessness, balminess, wackiness, foolery, vacuousness, zaniness, foppery, dippiness, bêtise, senselessness, barrenness, vacuum, full, insanity, daftness, madness.
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absurdity (part of speech: noun)
- contradiction,
- silliness,
- absurdity,
- baloney,
- paradox,
- idiocy,
- incongruity,
- eccentricity,
- meaninglessness,
- folly,
- nonsense,
- bizarreness,
- implausibility,
- craziness,
- anachronism,
- inconsistency,
- impossibility,
- irrationality,
- ludicrousness,
- outlandishness,
- invalidity,
- farce,
- preposterousness,
- balderdash,
- foolishness,
- self-contradiction
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thoughtlessness (part of speech: noun)
- fatuity,
- blankness,
- unreasonableness,
- mindlessness,
- thoughtlessness,
- vacancy,
- brainlessness,
- emptiness,
- vacuity
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foolishness (part of speech: noun)
- buffoonery,
- asininity,
- nonsense,
- dottiness,
- idiocy,
- foolishness,
- brainlessness,
- goofiness,
- craziness,
- absurdity,
- stupidity
Usage examples:
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In the extraordinary record of inanity which Addison printed as the diary of a citizen in the Spectator of March 4, 1712, the devotion of the worthy retired tradesman to tobacco is emphasized.
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He twisted his cigarette between his fingers and remarked with an air of incisive inanity, " Life and death are inevitable."
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The futility of the precautions he had taken, the inanity of all reasoning, of all logic, plunged him into the scepticism he had been combatting for so many years.