stolidity.

A persistently unemotional or slow-to-react manner, often suggesting dullness or lack of responsiveness.

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Words that belong together

• apparent stolidity
• bovine stolidity
• an air of stolidity

On the page

His apparent stolidity broke when the visitor mentioned the missing dog.

She mistook the clerk’s stolidity for indifference, then discovered he had been listening closely.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.