noun
a ludicrous folly
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the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior
• Syn: ↑absurdity, ↑fatuousness, ↑silliness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑silly (for: ↑silliness), ↑fatuous (for: ↑fatuousness), ↑fatuous, ↑absurd (for: ↑absurdity)
• Hypernyms: ↑folly, ↑foolishness, ↑unwiseness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.