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FOOLISHNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stupid mistake
Synonyms:
betise; folly; foolishness; imbecility; stupidity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("foolishness" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
Synonyms:
folly; foolishness; unwiseness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("foolishness" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foolishness"):
indiscretion; injudiciousness (the trait of being injudicious)
absurdity; fatuity; fatuousness; silliness (a ludicrous folly)
asininity (the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness)
Derivation:
foolish (having or revealing stupidity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being rash and foolish
Example:
adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
Synonyms:
craziness; folly; foolishness; madness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("foolishness" is a kind of...):
stupidity (a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience)
Derivation:
foolish (devoid of good sense or judgment)
Context examples:
Does the white man like tobacco? I do not know. But if he likes tobacco, why does he spit out its value and lose it in the snow? It is a great foolishness and without understanding.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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