noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The property of being stupid. uncountable

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

2. 2
   a stupid mistake wordnet
3. 3
   An act that is stupid. countable

   "Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car."

4. 4
   a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience wordnet

Synonyms

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dumbnessidiocyimbecilityabsurdityabsurdnessact of folly

Antonyms

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intelligenceprofunditywisdom

Example

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"Thanks to your stupidity, we lost the game."

Etymology

From Latin stupiditātem, accusative of Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid + -ity.

Related phrases

artificial stupiditynatural stupiditystupidity tax

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