Definitions
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- n. The characteristic of being fatuous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. a ludicrous folly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a ludicrous folly
Etymologies
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Examples
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He has a sweet spirit missing from other contemporary screen clowns; he finds the poetry in fatuousness, writes David Edelstein.
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No other field of fatuousness is venerated with its own self perpetuating industry.
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There is a grim sort of satisfaction to be had in recalling the fatuousness of some the claims that were being made until recently.
Monica Ali: Unexpected Opportunities in the Midst of Recession
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The Iranian leadership reacts, as we saw there, with utter contempt for our deadlines, and the presidential spokesman then responds with a fecklessness and a fatuousness which is embarrassing.
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No one is safe under the brush of Vanity Fair contributing artist Edward Sorel, whose watercolors expose the pathology of power and the fatuousness of fame.
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The time has come to put this exercise in fatuousness out of its misery … The reason for killing it off is pretty straightforward.
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The producers can't seem to decide, but what he has been able to do is mercilessly skewer misperceptions about both groups with a look of unflappable fatuousness.
Dan Lybarger: The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Opens Up On Sanity, Specials, And Stewart
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A good one-liner can make you laugh about the fatuousness of an aspect modern life, whereas a full article on the same topic hammers the point home too much.
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The suggestion that the Centre might consider cutting ties with government indicates a level of fatuousness not easily achieved even by newspaper editorial writers.
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Dave asked with a fatuousness that still further irritated him.
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