Stolidity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]