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inanity

[ih-nan-i-tee] / ɪˈnæn ɪ ti /
NOUN
silliness
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The Unmitigated Inanity of Cyber Monday The dumbest fake holiday of the year.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012

Inanity, banality and peculiarity may flourish, but there remains much more to YouTube than cats playing keyboards.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2010

The man’s words were not false, nor his workings here below; no Inanity and Simulacrum; a fiery mass of Life cast-up from the great bosom of Nature herself.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

The man's words were not false, nor his workings here below; no Inanity and Simulacrum; a fiery mass of Life cast-up from the great bosom of Nature herself.

From Sacred Books of the East by Various

Inanity dogs the footsteps of the classic tradition, which is everywhere lackeyed, through a long decline, by the pallor of reflected glories. 

From Style by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir




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