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stolidness

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stol·id  (stld)
adj. stol·id·er, stol·id·est
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive: "the incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
[Latin stolidus, stupid; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
sto·lidi·ty (st-ld-t, st-), stolid·ness (stld-ns) n.
stolid·ly adv.
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Noun1.stolidness - an indifference to pleasure or pain
stoicism, stolidity
emotionlessness, unemotionality - absence of emotion
Translations
stolidness
n (of person) → Phlegma nt, → Sturheit f (pej); the stolidness of his manner → sein Phlegma nt, → seine sture Art (pej)


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