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STOLIDITY
stoicism, stolidity, stolidness
(noun) an indifference to pleasure or pain
emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality
(noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stolidity (usually uncountable, plural stolidities)
The property of being stolid; unemotionality.
Source: Wiktionary
Sto*lid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. stoliditas.]
Definition: The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity. Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle all arguments, and be proof against demonstration itself. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRACE
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
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