idiocy
11idiocy — [[t]ɪ̱diəsi[/t]] idiocies N VAR: oft N of n/ ing If you refer to something as idiocy, you mean that you think it is very stupid. ...a powerful chapter on the idiocy of continuing government subsidies for environmentally damaging activities.… …
12idiocy — UK [ˈɪdɪəsɪ] / US noun Word forms idiocy : singular idiocy plural idiocies 1) [uncountable] very stupid ideas or behaviour 2) [countable] a very stupid thing to say or do the idiocies of the tabloid press …
13idiocy — noun a) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation. The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place. b) An act lacking intelligence or… …
14idiocy — id|i|o|cy [ˈıdiəsi] n plural idiocies [U and C] something that you think is extremely silly or stupid = ↑stupidity ▪ The idiocy of his behaviour appalled her. ▪ He smiled calmly at the idiocies of mankind …
15idiocy — noun 1 (U) extreme stupidity or silliness: the idiocy of our rulers 2 (C) a very stupid remark or action …
16idiocy — noun a seventeenth century antidote to idiocy was to rub the forehead with beaver testicles Syn: stupidity, folly, foolishness, foolhardiness, ignorance; madness, insanity, lunacy, nonsense; silliness, brainlessness, thoughtlessness,… …
17idiocy — noun (plural cies) Date: circa 1529 1. (usually offensive) extreme mental retardation 2. something notably stupid or foolish …
18idiocy — /id ee euh see/, n., pl. idiocies. 1. utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc. 2. Psychol. the state of being an idiot. [1520 30; IDIO(T) + CY; cf. Gk idioteía uncouthness] Syn. 1. foolishness, inanity,… …
19idiocy — id·i·o·cy id ē ə sē n, pl cies usu offensive extreme mental retardation …
20idiocy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. imbecility, vacuity, cretinism, feeblemindedness; foolishness, vapidity, senselessness. See insanity, folly.Ant., genius. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Folly] Syn. foolishness, madness, inanity; see… …
