Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for foolishness

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

the quality of being rash and foolish

Adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

madness

Same sentence, swapped: Adjusting to an insane society is total madness.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for foolishness as it is used in the sentence above.

dullness
slowness
emptiness

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