foppery

noun

ˈfä-p(ə-)rē How to pronounce foppery (audio)
Definition of fopperynext
as in insanity
a foolish act or idea regards the platform shoe as one of the unfortunate fopperies of the 1970s that should remain buried in fashion's scrap heap

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  1. insanity
  2. idiocy
  3. absurdity
  4. imbecility
Noun
  • Bennett asked the jury to find Hinton not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That sentence would have sounded like insanity a few decades ago, but in the strange world of Hollywood in the 2020s, weirder might really be better.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • There's always been an element of complete idiocy in the culture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Forty years on, Spy magazine is best remembered, not unjustly, as the first entity to call out Trump for his tackiness, villainy, and arrant idiocy.
    — David Kamp, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of idiocy
Noun
  • For all the absurdity, though, the award carries considerable weight — even if the timing is bittersweet.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That obsession reached its peak of exuberant absurdity on a Friday in late July of 1995.
    — Adam Sztykiel, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of imbecility
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“Foppery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foppery. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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