[syn: stoicism, stolidity, stolidness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stolidity
n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
[syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness,
phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality]
2: an indifference to pleasure or pain [syn: stoicism,
stolidity, stolidness]