idiocy

English

Alternative forms

idiotcy (archaic)

Etymology

From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪdi.əsi/

Noun

idiocy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocies)

(psychology) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation.
An act lacking intelligence or sense; an instance of senselessness; extremely foolish behaviour.
The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place.

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Translations

state of being an idiot

Bulgarian: идиотия f (idiotija)
Catalan: idiòcia f
Chichewa: utsiru
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白痴 (zh) (báichī)
Czech: idiocie f
Danish: idioti
Esperanto: idioteco
Finnish: tylsämielisyys (fi), idiotia, idioottimaisuus (fi)
French: idiotie (fr) f

German: Idiotie (de) f
Greek: ηλιθιότητα (el) f (ilithiótita), ιδιωτεία (el) f (idioteía)
Manx: meecheealaght f, meecheeallid m, ommidys m
Occitan: idiocia f
Portuguese: idiotice (pt) f
Russian: идиоти́зм (ru) m (idiotízm), идио́тство (ru) n (idiótstvo)
Spanish: idiotez f
Tagalog: kaungasan
Volapük: diot (vo)

extremely foolish behaviour

Bulgarian: идиотщина (bg) f (idiotština)

References

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Anagrams

dioicy

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