Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The quality of being
asinine ;obstinate stupidity - noun countable An asinine remark, behaviour, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness
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Examples
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The second half of the film thankfully tones down the groan-inducing asininity with which the cultural conflicts are handled, but only does so in favor of a different kind of asininity — that of the “corny feel-good bullshit” variety.
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HOKUSAI was a Japanese artist, and "asininity" is the special quality of the writer of the article from which you have taken these words.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 Various 1898
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It's becoming unbearably frustrating, the way the lot of you fellate each other with asininity while legitimate novelty and talent goes completely unrecognized.
This website sucks. bobby analog 2011
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She has therefore allowed him "insider's access" "largely waiting on sofas with my laptop waiting for her make-up/rehearsals/almost anything else to be finished until I can ask her a few more questions of such surpassing asininity that it will make your ears bleed to hear them" to kick off his new ITV2 series, Perez Hilton: Superfan.
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It's becoming unbearably frustrating, the way the lot of you fellate each other with asininity while legitimate novelty and talent goes completely unrecognized.
This website sucks. bobby analog 2011
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The reporter in me would stand to gain from the thundering asininity, the tabloid leadership, the tragic, reflexive resort to violence.
Bradley Burston: What I Wanted for Father's Day, and What I Got 2010
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RE: asininity, I believe the only thing to say here is FOR THE LOVE!
Links and Updates slimequeen 2010
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I'd like to smack Edwards a good one for his asininity here, but it doesn't destroy the Democratic party nor denude him of all admirable qualities.
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Why aren't we laughing at Schieffer's asininity???
Surprise! McCain Camp Keeps Hitting Wes Clark Comments, Despite Obama's Disavowals 2009
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It could even spell long-term disarray, if not outright doom, for the modern Republican Party and its unique brand of lockstep asininity.
Randall Amster: The Disloyal Opposition: Rush is Right -- Obama Must Fail 2009
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