All those who criticise the inanity of the effort required by the stemmatic approach without clearly adopting a position of their own, do not, in my view, touch upon the core of the problem […]
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Inanity
//ɪˈnænɪti//
Synonyms for "inanity" (213 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
emptiness of mindempty soundempty spaceempty-headednessetiolationfailurefallow mindfatuityfatuousnessfecklessnessflatnessflavorlessnessflimsinessfollyfooleryfoolheadednessfoolishnessfrivolityfrivolousnessfruitlessness
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futilitygiddinessgoofinessgreenhornismgreennessheavinesshiatus of learninghollownessidiocyidlenessignoranceignorantismignorantnessimbecilityimpotenceineffectivenessineffectualityineffectualnessinefficaciousnessinefficacyineptitudeinexcitabilityinexperienceinnocenceinsanityinsignificanceinsipidityinsipidnessinvalidityjejunenessjejunityknow-nothingismknowledge-gaplack of informationleadennesslevitylifelessnesslightnesslowness of spiritlunacymadnessmeaninglessnessmental blankness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (106)
mental voidmere noisemildnessmindlessnessmuch ado about nothingnescienceniaiserienirvananoisenonsensenonsensicalitynothingnothingnessnugacitynullitynuttinessoblivionobscurantismotiositypaleness
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pallorpassivityphatic communionplatitudepointlessnesspokinessponderousnesspreposterousnessprofitlessnesspurposelessnessqueernessquietismrat racerawnesssaplessnesssappinesssavorlessnessscrewinesssenselessnessshallownesssillinesssimplenesssimplicityslendernessslightnessslownesssolemnityspiritlessnessstalenesssterilitystiffnessstodginessstuffinessstupiditysuperficialitytabula rasatastelessnesstediousnesstempest in a teapotthe absurdthinnessthoughtfreenessthoughtlessnesstranquillitytriflingnesstritenesstrivialitytrivialnessunacquaintanceunfamiliarityunintelligenceuninterestingnessunknowingunknowingnessunlivelinessunmeaningnessunproductivenessunprofitabilityunprofitablenessunripenessunsavorinessunsignificancyuselessnessvacancyvacuityvacuousnessvacuumvaluelessnessvanityvapidityvapidnessvicious circlevoidwackinessweaknessweirdnesswishy-washinesswitlessnesswoodennessworthlessnesszaninesszanyism
Noun(4 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- inanitat noun (property of being inane)
Dutch
4 entries- inhoudsloosheid noun (property of being inane)
- leegheid noun (property of being inane)
- stupiditeit noun (property of being inane)
- zinloosheid noun (property of being inane)
French
1 entries- inanité noun (property of being inane)
Galician
1 entries- inanidade noun (property of being inane)
German
4 entries- Belanglosigkeit noun (property of being inane)
- Belanglosigkeit noun (something that is inane)
- Inanität noun (property of being inane)
- Sinnfreiheit noun (property of being inane)
Portuguese
1 entries- inanidade noun (property of being inane)
Russian
1 entries- бессмы́сленность noun (property of being inane)
Spanish
1 entries- inanidad noun (property of being inane)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Working in any bureaucracy means being bedeviled by inanities daily.
Source: wiktionary
It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life.
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