Meaning of STUPIDITY
| Pronunciation: | | stoop'idutee
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- [n] a stupid mistake
- [n] a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
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| | Synonyms: | | betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility |
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| | Antonyms: | | intelligence | | |
| | See Also: | | backwardness, craziness, denseness, dullness, dulness, dumbness, error, fault, folly, foolishness, inability, mental retardation, mistake, obtuseness, retardation, slowness, slow-wittedness, subnormality | |
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| | Definition: | | \Stu*pid"i*ty\, n. [L. stupiditas: cf. F.
stupidit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of
perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.]
A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with
fear. --Chapman.
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