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village idiot

Noun

Meaning

village idiot (plural village idiots)

A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour.

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You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot. Stanley Kubrick

Mechanical instruments, potentially a vehicle of rational human purposes, are scarcely a blessing when they enable the gossip of the village idiot and the deeds of the thug to be broadcast to a million people each day. Lewis Mumford

The new heroism - put a village idiot into a pressure cooker, seal it up tight, and shoot him at the moon. Kurt Vonnegut

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