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[fah-TOO-i-tee, fah-TYOO-i-tee] 
plural: fatuities
1. smug, complacent stupidity; ludicrous folly: "In a stroke of tremendous fatuity, James decided to leave his beautiful new laptop in the back seat of his car while grabbing a bite to eat at a downtown cafe, somehow convincing himself that the plethora of onlookers would scare off any potential thief."
2. something that is utterly foolish or stupid
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In Action:
"I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms."
Edgar Quinet (1803-75), French poet, historian, politician. Ultramontanism, or The Roman Church and Modern Society, 'The Roman Church and Science-Galileo.' | |
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