Antonyms for asininity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : as-uh-nahyn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæs əˌnaɪn |
Definition of asininity
Origin :- c.1600, "obstinate, stupid," from Latin asininus "stupid," literally "like an ass," from asinus "ass," also "dolt, blockhead" (see ass (n.1)). The literal sense in English is recorded from 1620s.
- As in lunacy : noun craziness, madness
- As in fatuity : noun folly
- As in inanity : noun silliness
- As in stupidity : noun dullness of mind
- As in stupidity : noun extreme folly
- As in idiocy : noun utter stupidity
- Still, he could not comprehend how they had had the asininity to "decline" it at all.
- Extract from : « A Black Adonis » by Linn Boyd Porter
- Nature has kindly preordained that there shall be no bar in the intimate relations of humanity and asininity.
- Extract from : « Letters of Peregrine Pickle » by George P. Upton
- These receptions are stupefying in their asininity, but they come to pass in most consulates, and those at Tunis are no exception.
- Extract from : « In the Land of Mosques & Minarets » by Francis Miltoun
- The man sinks; the animal soars—thrusting his jaw out sidewise in a satisfied yawn, secure in the serenity of his asininity.
- Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
Synonyms for asininity
- aberration
- absurdity
- alienation
- apathy
- asininity
- battiness
- brainlessness
- cretinism
- dementia
- derangement
- distraction
- doltishness
- fatuity
- fatuousness
- feeble-mindedness
- folly
- foolhardiness
- foolishness
- frivolity
- giddiness
- idiocy
- ignorance
- imbalance
- imbecility
- imprudence
- inanity
- incapacity
- ineptitude
- injudiciousness
- insanity
- insensibility
- insipidity
- irrationality
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- mania
- nitwittedness
- nonsense
- nonsensicality
- obtuseness
- psychopathy
- psychosis
- puerility
- senselessness
- shallowness
- silliness
- simplicity
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stolidity
- stupefaction
- stupidity
- stupidness
- stupor
- thick-headedness
- tomfoolery
- weak-mindedness
- weakness
- witlessness
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