fatuity
noun
complacent stupidity; foolishness.
fatuities
-
pluralof fatuity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
In attempting to articulate fatuities, the cast pulls out all the glottal stops.
From Time Magazine Archive
I speak not merely of obscurities, to perpetrate which is in every sense to stand in one's own light, but of sheer fatuities, tweakings-of-the-nose to our reverend mother-tongue, as either might have expressed it.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
