preposterousness
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pre·pos·ter·ous
(prĭ-pŏs′tər-əs)adj.
Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd. See Synonyms at foolish.
[From Latin praeposterus, inverted, unseasonable : prae-, pre- + posterus, coming behind (from post, behind; see apo- in Indo-European roots).]
pre·pos′ter·ous·ly adv.
pre·pos′ter·ous·ness n.
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preposterousness
nounFoolish behavior:
absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, zaniness.
Informal: craziness.
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