fatuity
Complacent, vacant absurdity
Fatuity is smug, complacent foolishness—stupidity that doesn't know it's stupid.
The word carries more contempt than simple ignorance; it suggests self-satisfied obliviousness: The fatuity of his remarks was breathtaking.
Someone displaying fatuity isn't just wrong but serenely confident while being wrong.
Absence of good judgment
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- idiocyExtreme mental deficiency
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
nonsense · imbecility · asininity · foolery · ridiculousness · preposterousness · ludicrousness · buffoonery
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
- self-satisfactionPleasure from one's achievements
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
pretentiousness · arrogance · self-importance · overconfidence · obtuseness · self-delusion
Absence of substance
- vapidityLack of liveliness or flavor
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- shallownessLack of depth
- superficialityAbsence of meaningful depth
inanity · banality · insipidity · meaninglessness · pointlessness · triviality · jejuneness · triteness
Failure of sound reasoning
- unreasonablenessLack of sound judgment
- senselessnessAbsence of reason or purpose
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
- fallacyError in reasoning
groundlessness · baselessness · unsoundness · invalidity · speciousness · implausibility · incongruity · illogic
folly
Absence of good judgment
silliness · nonsense · imbecility · asininity · foolery · ridiculousness · preposterousness · ludicrousness · buffoonery · doltishness
complacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
- self-satisfactionPleasure from one's achievements
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
pomposity · pretentiousness · arrogance · self-importance · overconfidence · obtuseness · self-delusion
emptiness
Absence of substance
- vapidityLack of liveliness or flavor
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- shallownessLack of depth
superficiality · inanity · banality · insipidity · meaninglessness · pointlessness · triviality · jejuneness · triteness · blandness
illogicality
Failure of sound reasoning
- unreasonablenessLack of sound judgment
- senselessnessAbsence of reason or purpose
- incoherenceFailure to make sense
fallacy · groundlessness · baselessness · unsoundness · invalidity · speciousness · implausibility · incongruity · illogic · unreason
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
fatuitywisdom
Good judgment from experience
sagacity · intelligence · sapience · brilliance · insight
fatuityhumility
Freedom from arrogance
self-awareness · modesty · intellectual humility · discernment · clear-sightedness
fatuityprudence
Careful, wise judgment
soundness · wisdom · discretion · sensibleness · reasonableness
infatuation, infatuated, fatuous, infatuate, fatuously, fatuousness