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English Dictionary: stupidity by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stupidity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupidity
n
  1. a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
    Antonym(s): intelligence
  2. a stupid mistake
    Synonym(s): stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupidity \Stu*pid"i*ty\, n. [L. stupiditas: cf. F.
      stupidit[82].]
      1. The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of
            perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
  
      2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.]
  
                     A stupidity Past admiration strikes me, joined with
                     fear.                                                --Chapman.
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