Dictionary

stupidity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /stjuːˈpɪdɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /stuˈpɪdɪti/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The property of being stupid.
   • 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. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity, but that's not much of an excuse.
2. (countable) An act that is stupid.
   • 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. 1895 July, Mark Twain, “Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses”, in North American Review:
   • Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car.

Forms

Antonyms

intelligence

Deriveds

stupidity tax · artificial stupidity · natural stupidity

Synonyms

idiocy · unintelligence · stupidicy · dumbness · schmuckiness

Translations (125)

es burrada (act that is stupid) · ta மடத்தனம் (act that is stupid) · sh глупост (property of being stupid) · ro stupiditate (property of being stupid) · es tontuna (act that is stupid) · vo stup (property of being stupid) · pl głupota (property of being stupid) · ar غَبَاء (property of being stupid) · sw ujinga (property of being stupid) · ru глу́пость (act that is stupid) · lol liboma (property of being stupid) · uk глупо́та (property of being stupid) · acw غباء (property of being stupid) · fi älyttömyys (property of being stupid) · sv dumhet (act that is stupid) · ru ту́пость (property of being stupid) · fr stupidité (property of being stupid) · ro tâmpenie (property of being stupid) · es bobada (act that is stupid) · fr ânerie (act that is stupid) · es sandez (act that is stupid) · cy twpdra (property of being stupid) · ar غَبَاوَة (property of being stupid) · es simpleza (property of being stupid) · gl conachada (act that is stupid) · nl domheid (property of being stupid) · hu butaság (property of being stupid) · lv muļķība (act that is stupid) · fi typeryys (property of being stupid) · es memez (property of being stupid) · de Dummheit (property of being stupid) · grc ἀνοησία (property of being stupid) · be глу́пства (property of being stupid) · ota شاشقینلق (property of being stupid) · eo stulteco (property of being stupid) · lv stulbums (property of being stupid) · grc ἀσυνεσία (property of being stupid) · pt estupidez (property of being stupid) · nv diigis (property of being stupid) · sv dumhet (property of being stupid) · es memez (act that is stupid) · ml വിഡ്ഢിത്തം (property of being stupid) · sv enfald (property of being stupid) · es necedad (act that is stupid) · es sandez (property of being stupid) · ca estupidesa (property of being stupid) · es bobada (property of being stupid) · acw بلاهة (property of being stupid) · es burricie (property of being stupid) · es estupidez (act that is stupid) · es bobería (act that is stupid) · pdt Domheit (property of being stupid) · tr salaklık (property of being stupid) · es majadería (property of being stupid) · te తెలివితక్కువతనం (property of being stupid) · lv stulbība (act that is stupid) · acw هبالة (property of being stupid) · it stupidaggine (act that is stupid) · ru глу́пость (property of being stupid) · tr aptallık (property of being stupid) · fr bêtise (act that is stupid) · bn মূর্খতা (property of being stupid) · de Dummheit (act that is stupid) · fr sottise (act that is stupid) · gl estupidez (property of being stupid) · uk ду́рість (property of being stupid) · cmn 愚蠢行为 (act that is stupid) · fr idiotie (act that is stupid) · es burricie (act that is stupid) · hy հիմարություն (act that is stupid) · tr aptallık (act that is stupid) · cmn 愚蠢 (property of being stupid) · fi hölmöily (act that is stupid) · uk глу́пство (property of being stupid) · pt asneira (act that is stupid) · gl burremia (property of being stupid) · hu butaság (act that is stupid) · te మూర్ఖత్వం (property of being stupid) · gl parvada (act that is stupid) · fi typeryys (act that is stupid) · ml വിഡ്ഢിത്തം (act that is stupid) · nl stomheid (property of being stupid) · ro stupiditate (act that is stupid) · cs hloupost (act that is stupid) · lv stulbība (property of being stupid) · es estulticia (property of being stupid) · es necedad (property of being stupid) · ml മണ്ടത്തരം (act that is stupid) · oc estupiditat (property of being stupid) · es estupidez (property of being stupid) · ms kebodohan (property of being stupid) · sl neumnost (property of being stupid) · nl stommiteit (act that is stupid) · hy հիմարություն (property of being stupid) · tr salaklık (act that is stupid) · cu ѫродьство (property of being stupid) · te జడత్వము (property of being stupid) · ta மடமை (property of being stupid) · he טיפשות (property of being stupid) · sh glupost (property of being stupid) · grc βλακεία (property of being stupid) · it stupidità (property of being stupid) · el βλακεία (act that is stupid) · fr idiotie (property of being stupid) · pt estupidez (act that is stupid) · lv stulbums (act that is stupid) · es tontería (act that is stupid) · pt burrice (property of being stupid) · he טִפְּשׁוּת (property of being stupid) · cs hloupost (property of being stupid) · ar بَلَاهَة (property of being stupid) · es tontería (property of being stupid) · es bobería (property of being stupid) · ro prostie (property of being stupid) · ru ду́рость (property of being stupid) · acw تَخَلُّف (property of being stupid) · lv muļķība (property of being stupid) · es cretinez (property of being stupid) · eo stultaĵo (act that is stupid) · ml മൂഢത (act that is stupid) · fr stupidité (act that is stupid) · mk глупост (property of being stupid) · sk hlúposť (property of being stupid) · be ду́расць (property of being stupid) · bg глу́пост (property of being stupid)