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Meaning of "asininity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ASININITY

ˌæsɪˈnɪnɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASININITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asininity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASININITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of asininity in the English dictionary

The definition of asininity in the dictionary is stupidity and obstinacy.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASININITY

affinity · alkalinity · caninity · concinnity · consanguinity · crystallinity · divinity · felinity · femininity · feminity · infinity · Latinity · masculinity · peregrinity · salinity · sanguinity · saturninity · trinity · vicinity · virginity

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASININITY

asiago · Asian · Asian flu · Asian pear · Asian semi-longhair · Asian shorthair · Asian-American · Asiatic · Asiatic beetle · Asiatic black bear · Asiatic buffalo · Asiatic cholera · aside · aside from · Asimov · Asimovian · asinico · asinine · asininely

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASININITY

aminity · aquilinity · Blessed Trinity · bovinity · chlorinity · Christianity · clandestinity · community · convicinity · electron affinity · equinity · Holy Trinity · humanity · hypersalinity · inquilinity · opportunity · saccharinity · the divinity · unity · vanity

Synonyms and antonyms of asininity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASININITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «asininity» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «asininity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASININITY

Find out the translation of asininity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of asininity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «asininity» in English.
zh

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asininity
1,325 millions of speakers
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asininity
570 millions of speakers
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asininity
510 millions of speakers
hi

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asininity
380 millions of speakers
ar

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asininity
280 millions of speakers
ru

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asininity
278 millions of speakers
pt

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estupidez
270 millions of speakers
bn

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গাধামি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ânerie
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Asininity
190 millions of speakers
de

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Eselei
180 millions of speakers
ja

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asininity
130 millions of speakers
ko

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asininity
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Asininity
85 millions of speakers
vi

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asininity
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பைத்தியக்காரத்தனத்தை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Asininity
75 millions of speakers
tr

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asininity
70 millions of speakers
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asininity
65 millions of speakers
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asininity
50 millions of speakers
uk

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asininity
40 millions of speakers
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asininity
30 millions of speakers
el

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γαιδουριά
15 millions of speakers
af

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asininity
14 millions of speakers
sv

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asininity
10 millions of speakers
no

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asininity
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASININITY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about asininity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASININITY»

Discover the use of asininity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to asininity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Asininity Exposé: SerioWitty Rambling
"The Asininity Expose" reveals, and uses, Nelson's two 'newly coined' words in a very witty and funny fashion. Do Nelson's 'newly coined' words aptly describe you?
Bobby Nelson, 2005
2
Giordano Bruno and the Philosophy of the Ass
Now if wisdom mistakes truth for ignorance, it will consequently mistake it for stupidity, and consequently for asininity. Whoever has such knowledge, has something of the ass in him. and participates in that idea. (p. 874) Saulino ... 0 holy ...
Nuccio Ordine, 1996
3
Derrida and Our Animal Others: Derrida’s Final Seminar, the ...
not hesitate to assert that all the thinkers of the canon frame the claim in this way, and that such framing is une betise, an inanity, asininity, and brute stupidity (cf. A 54 and 93). By contrast, no animal is capable of betise, just as no animal is ...
David Farrell Krell, 2013
4
Cabala of Pegasus
... truth and ignorance or asininity are closely aligned—as sometimes the object, the act, and the power are united. But now clarify why you want to yoke and ally ignorance or asininity [with the truth], rather than knowledge or understanding.
Giordano Bruno, 2002
5
The Lumber Manufacturer and Dealer
Absurd Asininity Sidelights on Mital Legislation LUMBERMEN DESIRING SPECIAL INFORMATION ON ANY. subject of taxation and probable legislation on that subject, and it was in his opening sentences that he made himself "at home," as it ...
6
Life
Professional Asininity. INNESOTA has a doctor named Chilton, a State Senator, who has introduced a bill in the Minnesota Legislature to restrict marriages. Among other impertinences he puts the age limit for women at forty-five, and wants to ...
John Ames Mitchell, 1901
7
The Roman Monster: An Icon of the Papal Antichrist In ...
Luther was a very prolific author whose works were frequently reproduced and widely read. As he developed his polemical rhetoric, the image of the pope-ass and the vocabulary of asininity became commonplaces in his antipapal attacks.
Lawrence P. Buck, 2014
8
The Jottings of David Daube: Reflections from the 20th ...
In general, people are more struck by the asininity of the law when they are trapped by it than when they are let off. Bad things impress you more strongly than good things. At times, however, they are just as mystified by a happy outcome.
David Daube, Calum Carmichael, 2008
9
Infantry Journal
Denial elsewhere is of small account because it does not reach such readers as may have revelled in the author's adjectives and asininity. The liar in the end generally overreaches himself and in the course of time we may expect even the  ...
10
The Public Papers
... are the great modern poets. For many years I have contemplated man in his folly, and in his marvelous powers. But I never expected to live to read about a man who had attained to the dainty quintessence of asininity, by driving huge timber ...
Louis Sullivan, Robert Twombly, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASININITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term asininity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Manchester City: Don't Believe The Tripe
Founding your career choices based on the past failures of others is an exercise in asininity. A footballer's work may be handsomely rewarded, ... «Football365.com, Jul 15»
2
Will Ferrell And Kevin Hart's Get Hard Should Have Been A Rom-Com
... undesirable baggage, including accusations of racism, homophobia, and overall asininity. However, to officially celebrate the film's DVD/Blu-ray release today, ... «Cinema Blend, Jun 15»
3
The Metcalfiad
... its arrival were audible, they amounted to brayings of uncommon asininity. Such a reception would make the fate of Metcalf's novel common, ... «Oxford American, Jun 15»
4
UCal system takes offense to offenses great and small
Californians involuntarily underwrite UCal's amusing, overly earnest asininity. California taxpayers — and society — would be better served if ... «Lebanon Daily News, Jun 15»
5
Don't Fear Donald Trump on the Debate Stage
“The National Review called Trump a 'ridiculous buffoon' and 'an ass of exceptionally intense asininity,'” Bloomberg's Sahil Kapur observed. «Commentary Magazine, Jun 15»
6
Media Abuse (2)
The same asininity plays out in the state-owned newspaper, The Ambassador. In the same breath, most of his commissioners, SAs and the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
7
The Trinity man who took on the Klan
He called the Klan's ritual “the worst jumble of bad English and asininity that I have ever met,” and declared its newspaper, The Searchlight, ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
8
Gawker on superheroes: If you hold to traditional values, you're a 'f …
Before we get to Biddle's anti-values screed, let's look at asininity in the opening. Based on information he gleaned from the famous Sony hack, ... «TheBlaze.com, Jun 15»
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OUR VIEW: Cheers & Jeers
And that's exactly what we want from our presidential candidates, to be moved to guffaws by their asininity, isn't it? Only in America . «Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, Jun 15»
10
Republican Nightmare: Donald Trump on the Debate Stage
The National Review called Trump a "ridiculous buffoon" and "an ass of exceptionally intense asininity." Republican strategist Rick Wilson ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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