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INANITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inanity mean?
• INANITY (noun)
The noun INANITY has 1 sense:
1. total lack of meaning or ideas
Familiarity information: INANITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Total lack of meaning or ideas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inanity; mindlessness; pointlessness; senselessness; vacuity
Hypernyms ("inanity" is a kind of...):
meaninglessness (the quality of having no value or significance)
Derivation:
inane (extremely silly or stupid)
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