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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 painplay

  Familiarity information: STOLIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STOLIDNESS (noun)


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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