Antonyms for stupidity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : stoo-pid-i-tee, styoo- |
Phonetic Transcription : stuˈpɪd ɪ ti, styu- |
Definition of stupidity
Origin :- 1540s, "want of intelligence," from Latin stupiditas, from stupidus (see stupid). It also at various times meant "lack of feeling or emotion" (1560s); "stupor; numbness" (c.1600).
- noun dullness of mind
- noun extreme folly
- noun stupid act
- It is Stupidity alone, with never so many rituals, that kills religion.
- Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
- Stupidity is not the proper word at all; you should say carelessness, thoughtlessness.
- Extract from : « Monsieur Lecoq, v.1 » by Emile Gaboriau
- Stupidity and arrogance were plainly stamped upon his features.
- Extract from : « The Chief of the Ranges » by H. A. Cody
- Stupidity is the paradox to be found most often in all-powerful Gods.
- Extract from : « Nonsenseorship » by G. G. Putnam and Others
- Stupidity has all the knowledge, and Imagination all the intelligence.
- Extract from : « Man And Superman » by George Bernard Shaw
- Stupidity might be defined as resignation to other people's misfortunes.
- Extract from : « The Book of This and That » by Robert Lynd
- Stupidity he warned against as one of the chief implements of the devil.
- Extract from : « The Unpopular Review, Number 19 » by Various
- Stupidity is as great as the ocean; everything finds a place in it.
- Extract from : « The Pharaoh and the Priest » by Alexander Glovatski
- Stupidity wishing to simulate this, would make a broad movement.
- Extract from : « Delsarte System of Oratory » by Various
- Stupidity on the part of my people left in charge—nothing more.
- Extract from : « Miss or Mrs.? » by Wilkie Collins
Synonyms for stupidity
- absurdity
- apathy
- asininity
- battiness
- brainlessness
- doltishness
- fatuity
- fatuousness
- feeble-mindedness
- folly
- foolishness
- frivolity
- giddiness
- idiocy
- ignorance
- imbecility
- imprudence
- incapacity
- ineptitude
- injudiciousness
- insensibility
- irrationality
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- madness
- misguidedness
- nitwittedness
- nonsense
- nonsensicality
- obtuseness
- puerility
- senselessness
- shallowness
- silliness
- simplicity
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stolidity
- stupefaction
- stupidness
- stupor
- thick-headedness
- weak-mindedness
- weakness
- witlessness
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