foolishness
21folly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of good sense Nouns 1. folly, silliness, foolishness, inanity, idiocy; frivolity, ineptitude; giddiness; inattention; irrationality, eccentricity (see insanity); extravagance, nonsense, absurdity;… …
22idiocy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. imbecility, vacuity, cretinism, feeblemindedness; foolishness, vapidity, senselessness. See insanity, folly.Ant., genius. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Folly] Syn. foolishness, madness, inanity; see… …
23nonsense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. absurdity, senselessness, silliness, trash, foolishness. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Matter that has no meaning] Syn. balderdash, rubbish, twaddle, trash, gobbledygook, drivel, scribble …
24MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY — MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY, a vast complex of disputed cultural, religious, and social problems, focusing around several central themes. Some of the elements of this controversy considerably antedate maimonides (1135–1204); and of the questions… …
25J. California Cooper — Joan California Cooper is an African American playwright and author. Her style is deceptively simple and direct and the vale of tears in which her characters reside is never so deep that a rich chuckle at a foolish person s foolishness cannot be… …
26biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
27absurdity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of being absurd Nouns 1. (nonsensical quality) absurdity, absurdness, nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; inanity (See folly); ludicrousness, ridiculousness, comicality; koan, oxymoron, doublethink …
28craziness — noun 1. informal terms for insanity • Syn: ↑daftness, ↑flakiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑flaky (for: ↑flakiness), ↑flakey (for: ↑ …
29madness — noun 1. obsolete terms for legal insanity (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑lunacy, ↑insaneness • Derivationally related forms: ↑insane (for: ↑insaneness), ↑mad, ↑ …
30fatuity — noun (plural ities) Etymology: Middle French fatuité foolishness, from Latin fatuitat , fatuitas, from fatuus Date: 1538 1. a. something foolish or stupid b. stupidity, foolishness 2. archaic imbecility, dementia …
