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Refuse to accept position out of stupidity (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

density

'stupidity' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'refuse to accept position' is the wordplay.
'refuse' becomes 'deny' ('deny' can be a synonym of 'refuse'**).
'to accept' indicates putting letters inside.
'position' becomes 'sit' (sitting is a kind of positioning).
'deny' enclosing 'sit' is 'DENSITY'.

'out of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for density that I've seen before include "Number of items in a given area" , "It's usually measured in grammes per cc" , "Bulk" , "can be relative" , "Compactness - stupidity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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