Stupidity

Quick meaning: Stupidity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The property of being stupid.

Meaning

(uncountable) The property of being stupid.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An act that is stupid.

Example Sentences

Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car.

I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity, but that's not much of an excuse.

8. They require that crass stupidities shall not be played upon the reader as “the craft of the woodsman, the delicate art of the forest,” by either the author or the people in the tale.

And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.

Word Forms

• stupidities

Synonyms for stupidity

Depending on context, synonyms include dumbness, idiocy, schmuckiness, stupidicy, unintelligence, folly.

Antonyms for stupidity

Common opposites include intelligence.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foolishness, folly, imbecility, stupid, idiocy, weak.

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