FOOLISHNESS Definition & Meaning

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foolishness

[foo-lish-nis]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

lack of wisdom or good judgment; foolish quality.
Oh, the foolishness of thinking that wealth brings happiness!
foolish talk, ideas, or behavior.
How could someone with such a clever mind as yourself talk such foolishness?
a foolish act, error, habit, etc..
Shakespeare, who looks at all men as if from Mount Olympus, notes their foibles and foolishnesses, and yet smiles on them all.

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“Under Paris” fares far better, turning the foolishness dial up so far it breaks.

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Part of it is working through lifelong, longstanding feelings of “I’m a fool and my foolishness is going to make people incredibly angry with me.”

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I think most Americans see the foolishness of cutting government services without rhyme or reason.

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Motherhood has made Slate gentler on herself, sloughing off feelings of foolishness, self-criticism and self-doubt.

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But I’m thrown into this chain of events and I have to see it through, against the racism and the B.S. and the foolishness of these people.

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