"idiocy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪdi.əsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-idiocy.wav Forms: idiocies [plural]
Etymology: From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry. Equivalent to idiot + -cy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|idiotie}} French idiotie, {{der|en|fro|idiot}} Old French idiot, {{suffix|en|idiot|cy}} idiot + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} idiocy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocies)
  1. (dated, psychology, now derogatory) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability. Tags: countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (state of being an idiot): идиотия (idiotija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), idiòcia [feminine] (Catalan), estupidesa [feminine] (Catalan), utsiru (Chichewa), 白痴 (báichī) (Chinese Mandarin), idiocie [feminine] (Czech), idioti (Danish), idioteco (Esperanto), tylsämielisyys (Finnish), idiotia (Finnish), idioottimaisuus (Finnish), idiotie [feminine] (French), Idiotie [feminine] (German), ηλιθιότητα (ilithiótita) [feminine] (Greek), ιδιωτεία (idioteía) [feminine] (Greek), stupidità [feminine] (Italian), meecheealaght [feminine] (Manx), meecheeallid [masculine] (Manx), ommidys [masculine] (Manx), idiocia [feminine] (Occitan), idiotice [feminine] (Portuguese), estupidez [feminine] (Portuguese), идиоти́зм (idiotízm) [masculine] (Russian), идио́тство (idiótstvo) [neuter] (Russian), idiotez [feminine] (Spanish), estupidez [feminine] (Spanish), kaungasan (Tagalog), ідіоти́зм (idiotýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), diot (Volapük)
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  2. (uncountable) Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: imbecility, stupidity Translations (extremely foolish behaviour): идиотщина (idiotština) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sotie (Middle English), sotschipe (Middle English), ідіоти́зм (idiotýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-idiocy-en-noun---gW6CZ7 Disambiguation of 'extremely foolish behaviour': 13 82 6
  3. (countable) An idiotic act or utterance. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-idiocy-en-noun-F7I-PTU5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: artificial idiocy, Mongolian idiocy Related terms: idiocracy, idiot, idiotic, idiotically
Synonyms: idiocity [nonstandard], idiotacy [nonstandard], idiotcy [dated], idiotery [nonstandard, rare], idioticalness [rare], idioticity [nonstandard], idioticness [rare], idioticy [nonstandard], idiotness [rare], idiotry [obsolete], idiotcy [archaic]

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Chichewa translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations"
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      "word": "artificial idiocy"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mongolian idiocy"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "word": "idiocracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "idiot"
    },
    {
      "word": "idiotic"
    },
    {
      "word": "idiotically"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "en:Psychology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability."
      ],
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        [
          "psychology",
          "psychology"
        ],
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          "derogatory"
        ],
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          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ],
        [
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          "average"
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        [
          "retardation",
          "retardation"
        ],
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          "intellectual disability",
          "intellectual disability"
        ]
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        "(dated, psychology, now derogatory) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "uncountable"
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        "human-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "imbecility"
        },
        {
          "word": "stupidity"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The list of his idiocies is seemingly interminable.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An idiotic act or utterance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idiotic",
          "idiotic"
        ],
        [
          "utterance",
          "utterance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) An idiotic act or utterance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɪdi.əsi/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "idiocity"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "idiotacy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "idiotcy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "idiotery"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "idioticalness"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "idioticity"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "idioticness"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "idioticy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "idiotness"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "idiotry"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "idiotcy"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "idiotija",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "идиотия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiòcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estupidesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "utsiru"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "báichī",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "白痴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiocie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "idioti"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "idioteco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "tylsämielisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "idiotia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "idioottimaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Idiotie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilithiótita",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ηλιθιότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idioteía",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ιδιωτεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stupidità"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meecheealaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meecheeallid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ommidys"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiocia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotice"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estupidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idiotízm",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "идиоти́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idiótstvo",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "идио́тство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiotez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estupidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "kaungasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "idiotýzm",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ідіоти́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "state of being an idiot",
      "word": "diot"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "idiotština",
      "sense": "extremely foolish behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "идиотщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "extremely foolish behaviour",
      "word": "sotie"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "extremely foolish behaviour",
      "word": "sotschipe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "idiotýzm",
      "sense": "extremely foolish behaviour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ідіоти́зм"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idiocy"
}

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