| NOUN | attribute | foolishness, folly, unwiseness | the trait of acting stupidly or rashly |
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| cognition | foolishness, folly, craziness, madness | the quality of being rash and foolish | |
| act | foolishness, stupidity, betise, folly, imbecility | a stupid mistake |
| Sounds | fuw'lihshnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | The trait of acting stupidly or rashly. | |
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| Synonyms | folly, unwiseness | |
| Narrower | absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness | A ludicrous folly |
| asininity | The quality of being asinine | |
| indiscretion, injudiciousness | The trait of being injudicious | |
| Broader | trait | A distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
| Opposite | wisdom, wiseness | The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight |
| Spanish | desatino, insensatez | |
| Catalan | insensatesa, ximpleria | |
| Adjectives | foolish | having or revealing stupidity |
| Meaning | The quality of being rash and foolish. | |
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| Example | "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness" | |
| Synonyms | folly, craziness, madness | |
| Broader | stupidity | A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
| Spanish | desatino, insensatez, locura, tontería | |
| Catalan | bogeria, despropòsit, insensatesa | |
| Adjectives | foolish | devoid of good sense or judgment |
| Meaning | A stupid mistake. | |
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| Synonyms | stupidity, betise, folly, imbecility | |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | disparate, estupidez, imbecilidad, insensatez, tontería | |
| Catalan | estupidesa, imbecil·litat, tonteria | |
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