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FATUOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A ludicrous folly

Example:

the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior

Synonyms:

absurdity; fatuity; fatuousness; silliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fatuousness" is a kind of...):

folly; foolishness; unwiseness (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)

Derivation:

fatuous (extremely silly or stupid)

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