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STOLIDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stolidity mean? 

STOLIDITY (noun)
  The noun STOLIDITY has 2 senses:

1. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactionsplay

2. an indifference to pleasure or painplay

  Familiarity information: STOLIDITY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STOLIDITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

emotionlessness; impassiveness; impassivity; indifference; phlegm; stolidity; unemotionality

Hypernyms ("stolidity" is a kind of...):

apathy (an absence of emotion or enthusiasm)

Derivation:

stolid (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An indifference to pleasure or pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

stoicism; stolidity; stolidness

Hypernyms ("stolidity" is a kind of...):

emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)

Derivation:

stolid (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited)


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