fatuity
Americannoun
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complacent foolishness; inanity
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a fatuous remark, act, sentiment, etc
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archaic idiocy
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Etymology
Origin of fatuity
First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin fatuitās; see fatuous, -ity
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To drive home the Lázárs’ fatuity, Mr. Biedermann coats them in lurid layers of shame and degradation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
He won a World Cup single-handedly, then plunged himself into the kind of excess and fatuity that only a national hero could feel he deserved.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2016
That’s a complaint of the most glorious fatuity.
From Forbes ● Jul. 11, 2014
Instead of telling us about some fatuity in the world around us, she recalls her own youth in the ’50s and ’60s and her search for the grand philosophical truths about life itself.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2014
I learned that sagacity and quick wits are necessary in avoiding dangerous situations; and that fatuity and shortsightedness make one go around in circles, seemingly unaware of the many opportunities for escape.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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
She knew that mind too well and had watched it, of late, receiving with wondering admiration from her daughter's lips, echoes of her husband's fatuities.
From A Fountain Sealed by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
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