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STOLIDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stolidness mean?
• STOLIDNESS (noun)
The noun STOLIDNESS has 1 sense:
1. an indifference to pleasure or pain
Familiarity information: STOLIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An indifference to pleasure or pain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
stoicism; stolidity; stolidness
Hypernyms ("stolidness" 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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