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stupidity

[stoo-pid-i-tee, styoo-]
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noun, plural stu·pid·i·ties for 2.

the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
a stupid act, notion, speech, etc.

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RELATED WORDS

silliness, lunacy, apathy, ignorance, nonsense, idiocy, absurdity, irrationality, madness, folly, foolishness, simplicity, stupor, stolidity, fatuity, weakness, ineptitude, insensibility, imprudence, incapacity

Nearby words

  1. stupefactive,
  2. stupefy,
  3. stupendous,
  4. stupendously,
  5. stupid,
  6. stupidly,
  7. stupor,
  8. sturbridge,
  9. sturdy,
  10. sturge-weber syndrome

Origin of stupidity

1535–45; < Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid(us) stupid + -itās -ity
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British Dictionary definitions for stupidity

stupidity

noun plural -ties

the quality or state of being stupid
a stupid act, remark, etc
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Word Origin and History for stupidity

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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