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
  • That film’s probing examination of human reaction to a horrific act of violence is present in this study of an ordinary man with extraordinary stoicism and reserves of love.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
  • And by turning its attention to the unlikely intimacy forged among the male contestants, the show pushes beyond the one-dimensional stoicism that’s common in depictions of men their age.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of stoicism
Noun
  • Their families alleged either excessive force or deliberate indifference to life-threatening medical conditions for people in pretrial detention.
    Sarah Metz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • None of the men were found guilty of the counts of deprivation of rights under color of the law for excessive force and for failure to intervene or deliberate indifference, but Haley was convicted of the lesser counts for each, which involved bodily injury.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of indifference
Noun
  • While devastated, Andriy also shows joy and nonchalance at being the last man alive.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Up next in the third and final installment of our deeper dive, Snoop Dog and the power of nonchalance. Follow me on LinkedIn.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of nonchalance
Noun
  • Although riffing on the archetype of the bad girl is pop tradition, the new insouciance has a distinctly mischievous bent.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
  • For her, Gary constructs Ron, a dashing, swaggering fellow with devil-may-care insouciance and a hint of real danger.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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
  • Former President Donald Trump's supporters are ignoring his lack of patriotism and his disregard for the country's founding principles, according to comedian and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Further showing his disregard for American concerns, Putin also began toying with the idea of invading neighboring Georgia, where both Chechen civilians and guerrilla forces had fled.
    Stephan Kieninger / Made by History, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of disregard
Noun
  • The cough is typically a dry cough, without phlegm.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Hippocrates was guided in his thinking by the theory of humoral medicine, which posited that there are four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile), which must be balanced for good health.
    Nina Elkadi, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 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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