VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / unwisdom

Thesaurus: unwisdom

Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

unwisedefinitionactiondefinitionconductdefinitionfollydefinitionignorancedefinitionsimplicitydefinitionwantdefinitionwisdomdefinitionamongdefinitionexceptdefinitionexplodeddefinitionfallaciesdefinitionhabitsdefinitionlawsdefinitionmannersdefinitionsmiledefinitionstatutedefinitionsumptuarydefinitionoutgrowndefinitionprivatedefinitionregulatedefinitionunwiselyfamilyunwisenessfamilyunwishfamilyunwishedfamilyunwished-forfamilyunwistfamilyunwillneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.
  2. Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance. Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute. J. A. Froude.
  3. Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity;ignorance.Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we haveoutgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulateprivate habits and manners by statute. J. A. Froude.
  4. n. Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.