Inanity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈnænɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Inanity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
Meaning
(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
More Meanings
- Something that is inane.
Example Sentences
Working in any bureaucracy means being bedeviled by inanities daily.
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 […]
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.
Word Forms
- inanities
Synonyms for inanity
Depending on context, synonyms include mindlessness, senselessness, pointlessness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pointlessness, senselessness, mindlessness, fatuity, inanery, nothingness.
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