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" Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete?"
Tony Kushner

Meaning of "blockheadedness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BLOCKHEADEDNESS

ˌblɒkˈhɛdɪdnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOCKHEADEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blockheadedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOCKHEADEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blockheadedness in the English dictionary

The definition of blockheadedness in the dictionary is stupidity.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOCKHEADEDNESS

bigheadedness · boundedness · crowdedness · dunderheadedness · fatheadedness · heavy-handedness · high-handedness · hot-headedness · left-handedness · level-headedness · light-headedness · long-headedness · muddleheadedness · one-sidedness · pinheadedness · roundheadedness · soft-headedness · thickheadedness · woodenheadedness · wrong-headedness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOCKHEADEDNESS

blockbust · blockbuster · blockbusting · blocked · blocked currency · blocked shoe · blocker · blockhead · blockheaded · blockheadedly · blockhole · blockhouse · blockie · blockier · blockiest · blockiness · blocking · blockish · blockishly · blockishness

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOCKHEADEDNESS

awkwardness · baldness · blindness · boldness · business · fondness · goodness · hardness · indebtedness · kindness · loudness · madness · mindedness · oddness · preparedness · redness · sadness · soundness · tiredness · weirdness · wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of blockheadedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blockheadedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOCKHEADEDNESS

Find out the translation of blockheadedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of blockheadedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blockheadedness» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

blockheadedness
1,325 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
570 millions of speakers
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English

blockheadedness
510 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
380 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

головотяпство
278 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
270 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
260 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
220 millions of speakers
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Keterlaluan
190 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
180 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
130 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
85 millions of speakers
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Keplok
85 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
80 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
75 millions of speakers
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बदमाशी
75 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
70 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
65 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
50 millions of speakers
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головотяпство
40 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
30 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
15 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
14 millions of speakers
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blockheadedness
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blockheadedness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blockheadedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOCKHEADEDNESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blockheadedness

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QUOTES WITH «BLOCKHEADEDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blockheadedness.
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Tony Kushner
Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOCKHEADEDNESS»

Discover the use of blockheadedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blockheadedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Official Report, Annual Convention
You see, we are all blockheads, the university presidents, instructors and the employers of the graduates. There is one more example of blockheadedness that I will merely hint at, and that is the forgetting that men are mere boys grown tall and ...
National Brick Manufacturers' Association of the United States of America, 1913
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The Clay-worker
You see, we are all blockheads, the university presidents, instructors and the employers of the graduates. There is one more example of blockheadedness that I will merely hint at, and that is the forgetting that men are mere boys grown tall and ...
3
Like Letters in Running Water: A Mythopoetics of Curriculum
BLOCKHEADEDNESS. A book is an ax for the frozen sea within. —Kafka( inWeaver,1994,p.137) With your milk, mother, I swallowed ice.And here I am now , my insides frozen. —Irigaray (1981, p. 61) We are ...what we donot know. — Pinar ...
Mary Aswell Doll, 2000
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Tom Beauling
There was a spirit in his feet that kept saying, ' ' Follow whither I lead, and you will come to the place where you would be," and the blockheadedness of the high- souled kept answering, "I am not 'born'; I am not worthy," and the man sided with  ...
Gouverneur Morris, 1901
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Dictionary of Volapük : Volapük-English, English-Volapük
Bobajop: arched vault. Böbäl: service-berry. Böbik : curved; arched; vaulted. Boblod : brother-in-law. Boblodik: brother-in-law's. Boblodiig: brothers and sisters -in- BOD : bread; loaf of bread. [law. Blockheadedness. ENGLISII-VOLAPUK. Board.
Marshall William Wood, 1889
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Alexander Suvorov: a biography
The enemy trembles before you, but there is an enemy greater than the hospital even: that accursed 'blockheadedness': catchwords, riddles, lies, fine phrases or close-mouthedness, double-facedness, airs and graces, muddle-headedness.
K. Osipov, 1944
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The jingle bell principle
They are even touched off by the mere existence of others, despite their being a sine qua non of our own existence. In our own minds we tend to think that our aggressive feelings are caused mainly by the blockheadedness of others. This may ...
Miroslav Holub, 1992
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The Seven Men of Spandau
Obviously I don't regard you, my dears, as belonging to this famous and notorious community, not when it comes to blockheadedness. That the Anglo-Saxons took along with them something of this characteristic when they crossed to the ...
Jack Fishman, 1954
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Lord Chesterfield's Letters
... and correspondents whose generous assistance has on more occasions than I wish to count saved me from blockheadedness. Those who have supplied or helped me to find information are Dr Peter Davidson, Ms Annemiek Scholten, ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts, 1998
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All for Greed
... to set at that moment; lips, eyebrows, and hands, stiffened into an expression of brutish revengefulness that was still more stupid than threatening. Decidedly the ruling characteristic of the man was blockheadedness. I can find no other term.
Marie Blaze de Bury (Baroness.), 1868

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOCKHEADEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blockheadedness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oh my word Bloc, Block
... block out or black out, blockade, blockader, blockbuster, blockbusting, blockhead, blockheaded, blockheadedly, blockheadedness, blockish, ... «The Hans India, May 15»
2
Why Failure Doesn't Daunt the National Security State
As in his latest piece, he -- and he alone -- has continued to report in graphic detail on a level of operational hubris and pure blockheadedness ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
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Nick Turse: The U.S. Military's Battlefield of Tomorrow
As in his latest piece, he -- and he alone -- has continued to report in graphic detail on a level of operational hubris and pure blockheadedness ... «OpEdNews, Apr 15»
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Chris Churchill: Kosher milk offers no punch line
His enthusiasm never flagged, even as my blockheadedness forced him to keep repeating things. I'm simplifying a bit, but Matusof essentially ... «Albany Times Union, Apr 15»
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Can Louis van Gaal save Manchester United's season?
It was an inexcusable piece of blockheadedness - but perhaps also hinted at Di Maria's mental turmoil at his current failure to transfer the ... «BBC Sport, Mar 15»
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Syriza & Podemos: A European Red Spring?
Regular readers know that one of my favorite hobby horses is criticizing the blockheadedness of post Cold War politicians who seem to have ... «Mintpress News, Feb 15»
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Obama Helping to Ban Historical Reenactments of 1889 Land Rush …
Brucehenry. I pointed out, kindly enough, that David was using a figure of speech. You chose to demonstrate literal-minded blockheadedness. «Wizbang, Jan 15»
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Three Cheers For the Peanuts Christmas Music
I know they found Charlie Brown's blockheadedness boring. My daughter asked why she had to miss Lizzie Maguire to watch Snoopy when we ... «Houston Press, Dec 14»
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The NFL's violence against women problem
I didn't think the NFL had the capacity to stun me with its blockheadedness, but I was wrong. There is without question an important discussion ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 14»
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Here's What Happens When an NFL Player Beats His Fiancée …
I did not think the NFL had the capacity to stun me with its blockheadedness, but I was wrong. There is without question an important discussion ... «The Nation., Jul 14»
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