stolidity

noun

Definition of stoliditynext
as in impassivity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stolidity
  1. stoicism
  2. indifference
  3. nonchalance
  4. insouciance
  5. unconcern
  6. disregard
  7. phlegm
  8. disinterestedness
Noun
  • The control and stoicism came back for the games that mattered most (though the glove did show up a couple more times as a bit of an issue).
    Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This crystal’s vibrant energy also counterbalances Capricorn’s occasional tendency toward stoicism or over-seriousness, reminding them to enjoy the process and embrace their creativity along the way.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of stoicism
Noun
  • This can manifest as indifference to employee concerns or an inability to see things from their perspective.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The first part of the novel is taken up by her pursuit of Marlowe’s attention, which persists despite his initial indifference to her.
    Laila Lalami, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of indifference
Noun
  • Just as striking as the ease with which the Bruins won the game was their nonchalance afterward.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • That obstinate nonchalance is the main factor behind Mrs. Chen’s success with audiences.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of nonchalance
Noun
  • His coy narrative voice and audacious insouciance, thinly disguised under a patina of classical Oxford education and self-deprecating wit, amuse the reader for several hundred pages.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The theme’s implicit insouciance becomes perplexing when accompanied by scientific studies and even a World Health Organization report touting the healing properties of art.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of insouciance
Noun
  • Most of Ukraine’s ravaged cultural sites are like the shelled Reims Cathedral: perhaps not directly targeted, but destroyed with ruthless unconcern.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Marked by the artist’s apparent unconcern with conventional modeling and draftsmanship and by the velvety smoothness of his brushwork, the paintings exude an aura of quietude and utter perfection unrivaled in the work of his peers.
    Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2022
Definition of unconcern
Noun
  • This recklessness and conscious disregard for human safety was a substantial factor in bringing about the Eaton Fire.
    Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But neither weapon was going to be a game-changer for Ukraine, so Biden’s disregard for both treaties will only put more civilian lives at risk and further erode humanitarian norms.
    Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of disregard
Noun
  • Even when Rode joined the force in the year 2000, masks weren't necessarily the norm, and firefighters would cough up black phlegm in the days after a fire.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Cannabis may act as an expectorant, helping to clear phlegm from the lungs and throat.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of phlegm
Noun
  • The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs then assumed the initiative by denying Peru's disinterestedness, charging Peru with seeking to injure Chilean interests by her nitrate measures, and with keeping secret the treaty of alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
    Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
  • The first had to do with the principle of disinterestedness, which called for partisan politics to be kept out of scholarship and the classroom.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
Definition of disinterestedness
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