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stupidity

[stoo-pid-i-tee, styoo-]
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noun, plural stu·pid·i·ties for 2.
  1. the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
  2. a stupid act, notion, speech, etc.
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Origin of stupidity

1535–45; < Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid(us) stupid + -itās -ity
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Examples from the Web for stupidity

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  • It is Stupidity alone, with never so many rituals, that kills religion.

    Past and Present

    Thomas Carlyle

  • Stupidity is not the proper word at all; you should say carelessness, thoughtlessness.

    Monsieur Lecoq, v.1

    Emile Gaboriau

  • Stupidity and arrogance were plainly stamped upon his features.

  • Stupidity is the paradox to be found most often in all-powerful Gods.

    Nonsenseorship

    G. G. Putnam and Others

  • Stupidity has all the knowledge, and Imagination all the intelligence.

    Man And Superman

    George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for stupidity

stupidity

noun plural -ties
  1. the quality or state of being stupid
  2. a stupid act, remark, etc
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Word Origin and History for stupidity

n.

1540s, "want of intelligence," from Latin stupiditas, from stupidus (see stupid). It also at various times meant "lack of feeling or emotion" (1560s); "stupor; numbness" (c.1600).

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