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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stupidity \Stu*pid"i*ty\, noun [L. stupiditas: cf. F. stupidit['e].]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stupidity
noun
1: a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience [ant: {intelligence}]
2: a stupid mistake [syn: {betise}, {folly}, {foolishness}, {imbecility}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "stupidity": absurdity, absurdness, act of folly, asininity, battiness, blockishness, blunder, boobishness, boorishness, bootlessness, botch, bovinity, brainlessness, buffoonery, bungle, cloddishness, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness, crassness, craziness, cretinism, crudeness, daffiness, denseness, density, desipience, dim-wittedness, dimness, doltishness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumb trick, dumbness, duncery, eccentricity, empty-headedness, fatuity, fatuousness, faux pas, folly, foolery, foolhardiness, foolheadedness, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, gaffe, giddiness, goofiness, grossness, hebetude, idiocy, imbecility, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, ineptitude, insanity, irrationality, irresponsibility, lethargy, loutishness, ludicrousness, lumpishness, lunacy, madness, mindlessness, niaiserie, ninnyism, nonsense, nugacity, nuttiness, oafdom, oafishness, obtuseness, opacity, queerness, ridiculousness, risibility, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, silliness, simpletonianism, simplicity, slowness, sluggishness, solecism, sottise, sottishness, stolidity, stupid thing, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, thoughtlessness, triflingness, triviality, unteachability, unwise step, wackiness, weak-mindedness, weirdness, witlessness, wrongheadedness, yokelism, zaniness, zanyism
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