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English Dictionary: Foolishness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Foolishness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foolishness
n
  1. the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, foolishness, unwiseness]
    Antonym(s): wisdom, wiseness
  2. the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness"
    Synonym(s): folly, foolishness, craziness, madness
  3. a stupid mistake
    Synonym(s): stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foolishness \Fool"ish*ness\, n.
      1. The quality of being foolish.
  
      2. A foolish practice; an absurdity.
  
                     The preaching of the cross is to them that perish
                     foolishness.                                       --1 Cor. i.
                                                                              18.
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