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Definition of Stupidity
1. Noun. A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience.
Specialized synonyms: Denseness, Dumbness, Slow-wittedness, Dullness, Obtuseness, Backwardness, Mental Retardation, Retardation, Slowness, Subnormality, Craziness, Folly, Foolishness, Madness, Vacuousness
Antonyms: Intelligence
Derivative terms: Stupid, Stupid
2. Noun. A stupid mistake.
Definition of Stupidity
1. n. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
Definition of Stupidity
1. Noun. The property of being stupid. ¹
2. Noun. An act that is stupid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stupidity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stupidity
Literary usage of Stupidity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents by George Jean Nathan (1917)
"It is stupidity not of a mean and lowly order, but stupidity brought to its
highest point of perfection, stupidity so full-blown and fascinating as to ..."
2. Essays on Physiognomy by Johann Caspar Lavater, Thomas Holcroft (1878)
"*^f \ stupidity. Every countenance is stupid, the mouth of which, seen in profile,
is so broad, that the distance of the eye, measuring from the upper ..."
3. Some Suggestions in Ethics by Bernard Bosanquet (1918)
"I CANNOT recall where I found the remark that we are not hard enough on stupidity ;
but it appears to me to express a feeling which is universal to-day. ..."
4. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"stupidity STREET I saw with open eyes Singing birds sweet Sold in the shops For
the people to eat, Sold in the shops of stupidity Street. ..."
5. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"stupidity STREET I saw with open eyes Singing birds sweet Sold in the shops For
the people to eat, Sold in the shops of stupidity Street. ..."
6. Mind in the Lower Animals in Health and Disease by William Lauder Lindsay (1879)
"stupidity. IN the countless books that have been written to illustrate the ...
But little, if anything, is said of the stupidity of other animals than man. ..."
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