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==Origin==

==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'.

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'.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1541]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1541]

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]].

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

'''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'.

[http://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]]'.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity]

[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]

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[[Category: Psychology]]

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