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idiocy

[id-ee-uh-see]

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noun, plural -cies.

utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.

Psychology. (no longer in technical use; considered offensive) the state of being an idiot.

Origin:
1520–30; idio(t) + -cy; compare Greek idiōteía uncouthness

Synonyms
1. foolishness, inanity, folly.

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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She sees the idiocy of their request and defies them.

Part of being a professor is fighting against the idiocy that surrounds us every day.

In fact, both ideologies are flawed to the point of single-minded idiocy.

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She sees the idiocy of their request and defies them.

Part of being a professor is fighting against the idiocy that surrounds us every day.

In fact, both ideologies are flawed to the point of single-minded idiocy.

Why you do not understand this is a testament your idiocy.

There may be a touch of validity to the frustrating helplessness of the couple faced by all of this murderous idiocy.

But good systems are designed for idiots and help idiots be successful despite their idiocy.

Zimbabwe is the extreme example of the command economy idiocy.

End the idiocy of turning food into fuel and save the aquifers.

But others view a doctor's willingness to film his work as a sign of idiocy.

It's all made up idiocy and we'll all be so much better off once the last religious structure is bulldozed.

It's a sure sign of dangerous authoritarian idiocy at the core.

It is not complicated no matter how many times your repeat your idiocy.

But there is a limit to how much charm, and how many laughs, he can wring out of deadpan idiocy.

The reason it should alarm us all is that there is concomitant evidence that such idiocy has taken over our financial sector.

And choosing to turn your back on its wonders is the height of idiocy.

The crashes correct the idiocy out of the system to a large degree until those who learned that lesson die off.

He won't hesitate to attack racist idiocy and historical injustice.

Now imagine that it's socially unacceptable to call people spreading this idiocy idiots.

We would be doomed to repeat this idiocy over and over again.

Bush, the ultimate victory of idiocy over intellegence.

His pretense of idiocy is doltish, without the slightest grace of the clown.

To suggest that is how a speech should be delivered is cretinous idiocy.

Of course this wouldn't apply the those who thought this idiocy up, since their brains are obviously smaller.

I'd be happy to jump in to continue to recognize the idiocy of mememine.

The idea that a teacher can every student into performing well in college is idiocy.

One has to be blinded by a mixture of ideology, greed and idiocy to believe that such a strategy will.

Politics as it is presented here on television is pure idiocy.

The idiocy of building theory without a solid background of factual understanding is the farce of economics in a nutshell.

It seems to me that your job as a commentator is to get angry at the idiocy that surrounds.

The political winds shift frequently forcing the education establishment to react to whims of idiocy.

Ehrenreich does not brook condescension or idiocy well.

Policy always swings from one foolish extreme to the other, always reacting against the last idiocy undertaken.

Powell's feverish attempts to prevent that unhappy dissolution-his pretensions to drooling idiocy in order to postpone the.

The idiocy of promoting the religion of climste behavior continues to baffle.

Guest, in particular, does a wonderful job of capturing his character's sincere idiocy.

Hill is a superb stylist, and the gap between the visual effects and their narrative idiocy is enough to make you weep.

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World English Dictionary

idiocy (ˈɪdɪəsɪ)

—n , pl -cies
1.	(not in technical usage) severe mental retardation
2.	foolishness or senselessness; stupidity
3.	a foolish act or remark

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Medical Dictionary

idiocy id·i·o·cy (ĭd'ē-ə-sē)
n.
The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation.

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