Stolidity \Sto*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. stoliditas.]
The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect;
obtuseness; stupidity.
[1913 Webster]
Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle
all arguments, and be proof against demonstration
itself. --Bentley.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stolidity
n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
[syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness,
phlegm, indifference, unemotionality]
2: an indifference to pleasure or pain [syn: stoicism, stolidness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stoicism, stolidness, unemotionality
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