Stupidity
Stu`pid´i`ty
| n. | 1. | The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness. |
| 2. | Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. |
| Noun | 1. | stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience Antonyms: intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience |
| 2. |  stupidity - a stupid mistake |
STUPIDITY, med. jur. That state of the mind which cannot perceive and embrace the data presented to it by the senses; and therefore the stupid person can, in general, form no correct judgment. It is a want of the perceptive powers. Ray, Med. Jur. c. 3, Sec. 40. Vide Imbecility.
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