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FATUOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)