stupidity

English

Alternative forms

• stupidité (rare)

Etymology

From Latin stupiditas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wikipedia stupidity (countable and uncountable; plural stupidities)

1. (uncountable) The property of being stupid.

   I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity, but that's not much of an excuse.

2. (countable) An act that is stupid.

   Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car.

Translations

property of being stupid

• Bengali: মূর্খতা (bn)
• Catalan: estupidesa (ca) f
• Czech: hloupost (cs) f
• Finnish: typeryys (fi)
• French: stupidité (fr) f
• German: Dummheit (de) f
• Hungarian: butaság (hu)
• Latvian: stulbums (lv) m, stulbība (lv), muļķība (lv) f
• Malay: kebodohan (ms)
• Navajo: diigis

• Occitan: estupiditat (oc) f
• Polish: głupota (pl) f
• Portuguese: estupidez (pt) f, burrice (pt) f
• Romanian: stupiditate (ro) f
• Russian: глупость (ru) (glúpost') f
• Spanish: estupidez (es) f
• Telugu: మూర్ఖత్వం (te) (moorkhatwam), తెలివితక్కువతనం (te) (telivitakkuvatanam)
• Volapük: stup (vo)

act that is stupid

• Czech: hloupost (cs) f
• French: stupidité (fr) f, idiocie (fr) f, ânerie (fr) f, sottise (fr) f, bêtise (fr) f
• German: Dummheit (de) f
• Hungarian: butaság (hu)
• Latvian: stulbums (lv) m, stulbība (lv) f, muļķība (lv)

• Portuguese: estupidez (pt) f
• Romanian: stupiditate (ro) f
• Russian: глупость (ru) (glúpost') f

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• Hebrew: טִפְּשׁוּת (tipshoot) f