From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inanity \In*an"i*ty\, noun; pl. {Inanities}. [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanit['e]. See {Inane}.]
1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.
2. Lack of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
3. An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: {senselessness}, {mindlessness}, {vacuity}, {pointlessness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
203 Moby Thesaurus words for "inanity": absence of mind, absurdity, agnosticism, aimlessness, aridity, asininity, barrenness, battiness, big deal, blank, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, bloodlessness, bootlessness, brainlessness, buffoonery, callowness, calm of mind, characterlessness, clean slate, clownishness, colorlessness, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, daffiness, dead letter, deadness, desipience, dismalness, dottiness, dragginess, dreariness, dryness, dullness, dustiness, eccentricity, effeteness, emptiness, emptiness of mind, empty sound, empty space, empty-headedness, etiolation, failure, fallow mind, fatuity, fatuousness, fecklessness, flatness, flavorlessness, flimsiness, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, fruitlessness, futility, giddiness, goofiness, greenhornism, greenness, heaviness, hiatus of learning, hollowness, idiocy, idleness, ignorance, ignorantism, ignorantness, imbecility, impotence, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, ineptitude, inexcitability, inexperience, innocence, insanity, insignificance, insipidity, insipidness, invalidity, jejuneness, jejunity, know-nothingism, knowledge-gap, lack of information, leadenness, levity, lifelessness, lightness, lowness of spirit, lunacy, madness, meaninglessness, mental blankness, mental void, mere noise, mildness, mindlessness, nescience, niaiserie, nirvana, noise, nonsensicality, nothing, nothingness, nugacity, nullity, nuttiness, oblivion, obscurantism, otiosity, paleness, pallor, passivity, phatic communion, pointlessness, pokiness, ponderousness, preposterousness, profitlessness, purposelessness, queerness, quietism, rat race, rawness, saplessness, sappiness, savorlessness, screwiness, senselessness, shallowness, silliness, simpleness, simplicity, slenderness, slightness, slowness, solemnity, spiritlessness, staleness, sterility, stiffness, stodginess, stuffiness, stupidity, superficiality, tabula rasa, tastelessness, tediousness, the absurd, thinness, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tranquillity, triflingness, triteness, triviality, trivialness, unacquaintance, unfamiliarity, unintelligence, uninterestingness, unknowing, unknowingness, unliveliness, unmeaningness, unproductiveness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, unripeness, unsavoriness, unsignificancy, uselessness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness, vacuum, valuelessness, vanity, vapidity, vapidness, vicious circle, void, wackiness, weakness, weirdness, wishy-washiness, witlessness, woodenness, worthlessness, zaniness, zanyism
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