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as in insanity
a foolish act or idea
opening another auto dealership in an area that already has a surplus of them seems like a gross fatuity
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
local morning DJs lambasted the fatuity of the homeowner who used gasoline to burn a pile of brushwood
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as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
the fatuity of the characters on that TV sitcom actually gets laughs
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Recent Examples of fatuity
Despite the fatuity of the arguments being posited by the ESG critics, the investment industry is running scared.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
Molière escapes fatuity with his candor that what restores a universe unbalanced by intellectual obsession is, most often, normal erotic appetite.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022
Their work, in and out of power, is to dress up the atavistic avarice and self-serving fatuity of the wealthy people who fund and shape conservative politics as an ideology.
—David Roth, The New Republic, 9 June 2020
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
Molière escapes fatuity with his candor that what restores a universe unbalanced by intellectual obsession is, most often, normal erotic appetite.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022
Their work, in and out of power, is to dress up the atavistic avarice and self-serving fatuity of the wealthy people who fund and shape conservative politics as an ideology.
—David Roth, The New Republic, 9 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatuity
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However, what seemed like the perfect life was really a complex house of cards built on lies and insanity.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Support ballot measures or candidates (not named Steyer) focused on reforming the state’s zoning and regulatory insanity.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Driven by revenge and madness, Sweeney Todd slices necks he is meant to just shave.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
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Horkheimer and Adorno had concluded that advanced capitalism, far from being a technocratic monolith, had an inherent tendency toward chaos and madness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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While there are certain products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
13 June 2026
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That being said, this finishing layer is generally extremely thin—only about the thickness of a couple of sheets of paper.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.—
Susan Shelley,
Daily News,
13 May 2026
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The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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There's a certain simplicity to it.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Rather than convert a traditional motor yacht to electric propulsion, the team developed a unique catamaran centered on efficiency, autonomy, and simplicity.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
13 June 2026
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In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2026
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After Monday’s ruling, social media lit up with criticism for Sorsby regaining eligibility minus the first two games of the 2026 season, while others pointed out the seeming absurdity.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2026
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There was an absurdity to it all that took the edge off the menace.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The popular Instagram page @touronsofnationalparks is known for spotlighting the foolishness of people in national parks.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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And in this age of ever-rising electric bills, power-hungry data centers and global unrest, Floridians need leaders who will ditch the foolishness and get serious about lowering energy costs.—
David Jenkins,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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“Fatuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatuity. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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