Synonyms for Stupidity
stuˈpɪd ɪ ti, styu-stu·pid·i·ty

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1. stupidity

   Stupidity is sometimes loosely used for temporary dulness or partial stupor, but chiefly for innate and chronic dulness and sluggishness of mental action, obtuseness of apprehension, etc. Apathy may be temporary, and be dispelled by appeal to the feelings or by the presentation of an adequate motive, but stupidity is inveterate and commonly incurable. Compare APATHY; IDIOCY; STUPOR.

   Synonyms:
   apathy, dulness, insensibility, obtuseness, slowness, sluggishness, stupefaction, stupor

   Antonyms:
   acuteness, alertness, animation, brilliancy, cleverness, intelligence, keenness, quickness, readiness, sagacity, sense, sensibility

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1. stupiditynoun

   a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

   Synonyms:
   folly, betise, foolishness, imbecility

   Antonyms:
   intelligence

2. stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecilitynoun

   a stupid mistake

   Synonyms:
   lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, stupidity, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, folly, craziness

   Antonyms:
   intelligence

Matched Categories

1. • Inability
   • Mistake

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1. stupiditynoun

   Synonyms:
   dulness, obtuseness, sluggishness of understanding, slowness of apprehension

2. stupiditynoun

   Synonyms:
   lifelessness, heaviness, insipidity, tameness, vapidness, want of interest

3. stupiditynoun

   Synonyms:
   stupor, lethargy, torpor, COMA, stupefaction, morbid drowsiness

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1. List of paraphrases for "stupidity":

   foolishness, nonsense, folly, stupid, blunder

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1. Charles J. C. Lyall:

   There are four things that hold back human progress. Ignorance, stupidity, committees and accountants.

2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   Most men act real stupid trying to restrain the emotions of an emotionally strong and tenacious woman. They often find themselves in an -emotional quick sand- the more they wiggle, the deeper they sink-after someone dies of course! what stupidity!

3. Aldous Huxley:

   At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas.

4. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.

5. Frank Zappa:

   Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.