Idiocy
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noun.
Extreme folly or stupidity.
noun.
A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state of being an idiot; natural absence or marked defect of understanding; mental imbecility. See
idiot
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The state or condition of being an
idiot
; the quality of having an
intelligence
level far below
average
; mental
retardation
.
noun.
An act lacking intelligence or
sense
; an instance of
senselessness
; extremely
foolish
behaviour
.
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noun.
extreme mental retardation
Word Usage
"Dobbs defending the incredibly stupid birther idiocy is the topic."
cross-reference
mongolian idiocy
Etymologically Related
idiocracy
idiot
idiotic
idiotically
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
backwardness
mental retardation
retardation
slowness
subnormality
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
absurdity
alcoholism
apoplexy
baseness
bewilderment
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
amentia
arrested development
asininity
backwardness
battiness