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nonsensity

nonsensity noun: the quality of being nonsensical.

Noun

nonsensity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being nonsensical.
    • Nothing could surpass the nonsensity of trying to run so complex and so concentrated a machine by southern and western farmers in grotesque alliance with city day laborers.1918, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
    • And have I not for years pleaded the nonsensity of taking seriously the comparisons of fantastic quantities of overkill on which the SALT negotiations have been based?2014, George F. Kennan, The Kennan Diaries

Origin of nonsensity

From nonsense + -ity.

Questions about nonsensity

What does nonsensity mean?
Nonsensity means the quality of being nonsensical.
What part of speech is nonsensity?
Nonsensity is a noun.

Words near nonsensity in the dictionary

  1. nonsensitive
  2. nonsensitiveness
  3. nonsensitivity
  4. nonsensitized
  5. nonsensitizing
  6. nonsensity
  7. nonsensorial
  8. nonsensory
  9. nonsensual
  10. nonsensuality
  11. nonsensuous

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