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.

Origin of stupidity

1535–45; < Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid(us) stupid + -itās -ity

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Related Words for stupidity

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

Examples from the Web for stupidity

Contemporary Examples of stupidity

His book, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became A Virtue In The Land Of The Free, will be published in June by Broadway Books.
Football, Hold the Stuffing
Charles P. Pierce
November 26, 2008

Historical Examples of stupidity

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.
The Chief of the Ranges
H. A. Cody
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

the quality or state of being stupid
a stupid act, remark, etc

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Word Origin and History for stupidity

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).