What does inanity mean?
Definitions for inanity
ɪˈnæn ɪ tiinani·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessnessnoun
total lack of meaning or ideas
Wiktionary
inanitynoun
The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
inanitynoun
Something that is inane.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inanitynoun
Emptiness; void space.
Etymology: from inanis, Latin.
This opinion excludes all such inanity, and admits no vacuities but so little ones as no body whatever can come to, but will be bigger than they, and must touch the corporal parts which those vacuities divide. Kenelm Digby, on Bodies.
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inanity
Inanity refers to a lack of sense, significance, or ideas; it is sheer foolishness or silliness. It can also refer to something that is utterly absurd or vacuous.
Webster Dictionary
Inanitynoun
inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness
Inanitynoun
want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity
Inanitynoun
an inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world
Etymology: [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanit. See Inane.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inanity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inanity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of inanity in a Sentence
For four long years, Americans woke every morning to a fresh barrage of insanity, inanity and insults from the president and his administration. Now, everything is so normal as to be almost boring.
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