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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Foolishness \Fool"ish*ness\, n.
     1. The quality of being foolish.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A foolish practice; an absurdity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The preaching of the cross is to them that perish
              foolishness.                          --1 Cor. i.
                                                    18.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  foolishness
       n 1: the trait of acting stupidly or rashly [syn: folly, unwiseness]
            [ant: wisdom]
       2: the quality of being rash and foolish [syn: folly, craziness]
       3: a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly, imbecility]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foolishness
     Αγγλικά n.
     η ανοησία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foolishness
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state of being foolish.
     2 (lb en countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an
  absurdity.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  foolishness
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state of being foolish.
     2 (lb en countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an
  absurdity.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  foolishness
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state of being foolish.
     2 (lb en countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an
  absurdity.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  foolishness
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state of being foolish.
     2 (lb en countable) A thing or event that is foolish, or an
  absurdity.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foolishness
     Englanti n.
     typeryys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foolishness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst foolishness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/
  الغباوة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  foolishness //ˈfuːlɪʃnəs// 
  1. глупост, неразумност
  state of being foolish
  2. глупост
  thing or event that is foolish

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/ 
  pošetilost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/
  Narrheit 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/
  Tölpelhaftigkeit 
     Synonym: clownishness
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/
  Torheit 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/
  Unvernunft , Unverstand , Dummheit 
        "I had to laugh at my own foolishness."  - Ich musste über meine eigene Dummheit lachen.
     Synonyms: folly, stupidity
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  foolishness //ˈfuːlɪʃnəs// 
  typeryys 2.
  state of being foolish
   3.
  thing or event that is foolish

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/ 
  1. मूर्खता
        "His foolishness led to the disaster."

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  foolishness /fˈuːlɪʃnəs/
  bobagem

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfuɫɪʃnəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "foolishness":
     Urdummheit, absurdity, absurdness, big deal, blank mind,
     blankmindedness, blankness, brainlessness, bull, bunk,
     calm of mind, craziness, devilishness, devilment, devilry,
     deviltry, dottiness, elfishness, emptiness, emptiness of mind,
     empty-headedness, fallow mind, fatuity, flightiness, flimsiness,
     folly, frivolity, frivolousness, futility, giddiness, high spirits,
     idleness, ignorance, impishness, impracticality, imprudence,
     inanity, incapacity, indiscretion, ineptitude, injudiciousness,
     insanity, insensibility, irrationality, lackbrainedness,
     lackwittedness, levity, lightness, low IQ, ludicrousness, lunacy,
     mental blankness, mental weakness, mercuriality, mindlessness,
     mischief, mischievousness, nirvana, nonsense, nugacity, oblivion,
     passivity, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness,
     preposterousness, primal stupidity, puckishness, quietism,
     reasonlessness, ridiculousness, roguery, roguishness, scampishness,
     senselessness, shallowness, silliness, slackmindedness,
     slackwittedness, slenderness, slightness, sportiveness,
     superficiality, tabula rasa, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness,
     tranquillity, triflingness, triteness, triviality, trivialness,
     unintellectuality, unintelligence, unreasonableness, unwisdom,
     unwiseness, vacancy, vacuity, vanity, vapidity, volatility,
     waggery, waggishness, witlessness, youthful spirits
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.愚蠢

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 愚笨;笨举

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