n.
[L. stoliditas.]
The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle all arguments, and be proof against demonstration itself.Bentley.
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[L. stoliditas.]
The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle all arguments, and be proof against demonstration itself.Bentley.
| Thesaurus: stolidity |
noun
| WordNet: stolidity |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, unemotionality
Meaning #2:
an indifference to pleasure or pain
Synonyms: stoicism, stolidness
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