Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or condition of being foolish; want of understanding; folly.
- noun A foolish practice; an absurdity.
- noun Synonyms Silliness, stupidity, imbecility, dullness, doltishness, nonsense, absurdity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being foolish.
- noun A foolish practice; an absurdity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state of being
foolish . - noun countable A thing or event that is foolish, or an
absurdity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
- noun a stupid mistake
- noun the quality of being rash and foolish
Etymologies
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Examples
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This foolishness is the result of conservative leaning alumni who have more money than brains.
Academic Salaries, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The woman who sponsors this foolishness is a former Dean at Georgetown?
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Write Hillary name on the ballot; What kind of foolishness is that, if she's not on the general election ballot.
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November 25th, 2009 1: 08 pm ET ahh, now the in-mates are truly running the asylum. when will the people see that these ladies do not care about them or their cause. this whole tea party foolishness is one mass mind warp!
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This is just like the nonsensical foolishness from the left stating that health care reform should be single payer, all or nothing (when no country that has single payer achieved it with one step, but rather did so over a long period with incremental steps towards a goal).
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But John Fox feigned anger, crying: What foolishness is this?
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Jesus, thank GOD this foolishness is finally OVER.
BREAKING: Minnesota's highest court rules for Al Franken 2009
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In just a few hundred words, his article combines smears, factoids and plain foolishness in a thick stew of slavish political partisanship.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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A fool with a sense of his foolishness is — at least to that extent — wise.
Think Progress » Tucker Carlson’s new website kicks off with jokes about rape, being gay. 2010
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Lobby firms getting rich off this foolishness is embarassing.
NY wine in grocery stores debate hears from three other states | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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