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ASININITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does asininity mean?
• ASININITY (noun)
The noun ASININITY has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness
Familiarity information: ASININITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("asininity" is a kind of...):
folly; foolishness; unwiseness (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)
Derivation:
asinine (extremely silly or stupid)
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