idiocy

Noun

Meaning

The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stupidity imbecility amentia ignorance dementia madness nonsense insanity absurdity folly futility foolishness irresponsibility silliness ineptitude
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Antonyms

esprit brainwave sapience research education experience
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Hypernyms

retardation slowness backwardness mental retardation subnormality

Related terms

idiot idiotic idiocracy idiotically

Phrases with the word

blithering idiocy

Anagrams

dioicy

Examples

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy. George Bernard Shaw

Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the idiocy of this age. John Perry Barlow

Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy. Jorge Luis Borges

For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy. Richard Feynman

Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high. Jack McDevitt

Half the time she did things not simply, not for themselves; but to make people think this or that; perfect idiocy she knew for no one was ever for a second taken in. Virginia Woolf

Close letter words and terms

idiocratic idiocratical idioculture idiocyclophanous idioelectric idioelectrical