"idiotacy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1874, Robert Ward, The Fallacies of Teetotalism:",
          "text": "Even in disease it can only contribute to aggravate and perpetuate the natural waste of constitutional vitality which is displaying itself in the increased complexity of disease, and the progress of idiotacy and insanity, and which is apparent enough even to the more intellectual conductors of the public press in their lucid intervals, when not writing bosh and balderdash concerning Teetotalism and the Permissive Bill.",
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          "ref": "2005 May 10, Twisted One's Mother, “DoomRL 0.9.8 is out!”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-09:",
          "text": "I thought we'd explained it to you, but you're not that good at reading or comprehention,^([sic]) so I'll do it again: in general, people don't like trolls, or people who are huge asses, or think that their idiotacy is the fault of others.",
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        "Idiocy."
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        "(uncountable, obsolete, now nonstandard, derogatory) Idiocy."
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          "ref": "1996 September 2, Arcas, “We've been suckered again! I can't believe I fell for it!”, in misc.fitness.weights (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-09:",
          "text": "Robert, lets not get side-tracked here. We know what this forum is all about so lets discuss mfw not your idiotacies : asshole of the month etc.",
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          "ref": "2001 August 11, Freakin Cummer, “Invincible Sales & Status”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-09:",
          "text": "anyone that would claim such idiotacies would be a dangerous person with any influencial^([sic]) power.i just hope u are a custodian and not a teacher.",
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        "(countable, nonstandard, derogatory) An idiotic statement or action."
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          "text": "I thought we'd explained it to you, but you're not that good at reading or comprehention,^([sic]) so I'll do it again: in general, people don't like trolls, or people who are huge asses, or think that their idiotacy is the fault of others.",
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