Imbecility vs Inanity - What's the difference?
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The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind.
Something imbecilic; a stupid action, behaviour, etc.
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(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
Something that is inane.
Imbecility is a related term of inanity.
As nouns the difference between imbecility and inanity
is that imbecility is the quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind while inanity is (uncountable) the property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.imbecility
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inanity
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- Working in any bureaucracy means being bedeviled by inanities daily.