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n. - Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent.

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  • Pakistani leaders have still been befooling the world.
  • "No," said Mary, who considered the befooling of Miss Butts beneath her.
  • Whandall nodded and pretended to find that sensible, and wondered who the man thought he was befooling.
  • He felt himself to have been trapped, befooled, though he had not yet fully grasped the manner of the befooling.
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