"idiotism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: idiotisms [plural]
Etymology: From idiot + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|idiot|ism}} idiot + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} idiotism (countable and uncountable, plural idiotisms)
  1. (now chiefly historical) Very severe mental retardation. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-idiotism-en-noun-EcUAduG1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 4 23 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 91 9 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 68 4 20 9
  2. A foolish utterance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-idiotism-en-noun-ICVd~YZN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: idiotisms [plural]
Etymology: From Latin idiotismus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|idiotismus}} Latin idiotismus Head templates: {{en-noun}} idiotism (plural idiotisms)
  1. Idiom.
    Sense id: en-idiotism-en-noun-jX15dkV3
  2. An overly literal translation of an idiom.
    Sense id: en-idiotism-en-noun-h0D-2NYJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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