fatuity
noun
complacent stupidity; foolishness.
fatuities
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pluralof fatuity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A thread of fraudulence enters Mr. Gutjahr’s story with the self-help fatuities of Helena Blavatsky and L. Ron Hubbard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But belief often requires a leap of faith, or in this case, a set of elisions, some false equivalencies, and a few fatuities, all of which make this book hopelessly muddled.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2023
His personal story was the stuff of presidents but when asked what he wanted for the country, he struggled - responding with vague fatuities and empty slogans.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2021
The world that asteroid 2011GV1 has made is one in which all our fatuities are revealed.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2012
The idea and plan of a great rural civilization must shine like a burning lamp in the imagination of the youth of Ireland, or we shall only be at cross-purposes and end in little fatuities.
From Imaginations and Reveries by George William Russell
