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
If we were interested in historical truth, it would be easy to demonstrate the utter fatuity of this declaration.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2015
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
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
His books are full of brilliant talk—talk real and convincing enough in its purport and setting, but purged of the languors and fatuities of actual commonplace conversation.
From Robert Louis Stevenson by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
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