clownishness
Noun
Meaning
The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
nonsense
joking
farce
mockery
teasing
trifling
clumsiness
frivolity
coarseness
fooling
buffoonery
tomfoolery
monkey business
foolery
awkwardness
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Workers were occupied with the ancient task of trying to stay alive, which simply happened to require, in a consumer economy overwhelmingly based on the satisfaction of peripheral desires, a series of activities all to easily confused with clownishness.