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Middle French ''stupide'', [[Latin]] ''stupidus'' , ''stupēre'' to be stunned or benumbed. In Roman culture, 'the ''stupidus'' of the mimes' was a sort of 'professional buffoon - the "fall-man", the eternal he-who-gets-kicked'. | Middle French ''stupide'', [[Latin]] ''stupidus'' , ''stupēre'' to be stunned or benumbed. In Roman culture, 'the ''stupidus'' of the mimes' was a sort of 'professional buffoon - the "fall-man", the eternal he-who-gets-kicked'. | ||
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Since entering the English language, Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "[[fool]]," "[[idiot]]," "dumb," "moron," and related concepts as a pejorative appellation for human misdeeds, whether [[purposeful]] or [[accidental]], due to absence of [[mental]] [[capacity]]. | Since entering the English language, Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "[[fool]]," "[[idiot]]," "dumb," "moron," and related concepts as a pejorative appellation for human misdeeds, whether [[purposeful]] or [[accidental]], due to absence of [[mental]] [[capacity]]. | ||
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'''Stupidity''' is a lack of [[intelligence]], [[understanding]], [[reason]], wit, or sense. It may be innate, [[assumed]], or reactive - 'being "stupid with [[grief]]" as a [[defence]] against [[trauma]]', a state marked with 'grief and despair...making even [[simple]] daily tasks a hardship'. | '''Stupidity''' is a lack of [[intelligence]], [[understanding]], [[reason]], wit, or sense. It may be innate, [[assumed]], or reactive - 'being "stupid with [[grief]]" as a [[defence]] against [[trauma]]', a state marked with 'grief and despair...making even [[simple]] daily tasks a hardship'. | ||
| − | [ | + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology Evolutionary psychology] maintains that '[[creative]] stupidity and able misfits [[prove]] the [[existence]] of the human [[learning]] [[instincts]]...can exist because instincts are highly [[independent]]'.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity] |
[[Category: Psychology]] | [[Category: Psychology]] | ||
[[Category: Sociology]] | [[Category: Sociology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:32, 13 December 2020
Origin
Middle French stupide, Latin stupidus , stupēre to be stunned or benumbed. In Roman culture, 'the stupidus of the mimes' was a sort of 'professional buffoon - the "fall-man", the eternal he-who-gets-kicked'.
Since entering the English language, Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "fool," "idiot," "dumb," "moron," and related concepts as a pejorative appellation for human misdeeds, whether purposeful or accidental, due to absence of mental capacity.
Definitions
- 1a : slow of mind : obtuse
- b : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner
- c : lacking intelligence or reason : brutish
- 2: dulled in feeling or sensation : torpid <still stupid from the sedative>
- 3: marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : senseless <a stupid decision>
- 4: lacking interest or point <a stupid event>
Description
Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. It may be innate, assumed, or reactive - 'being "stupid with grief" as a defence against trauma', a state marked with 'grief and despair...making even simple daily tasks a hardship'.
Evolutionary psychology maintains that 'creative stupidity and able misfits prove the existence of the human learning instincts...can exist because instincts are highly independent'.[1]
