idiocy (redirected from idiocies)

id·i·o·cy  (d--s)

n. pl. id·i·o·cies

1. Extreme folly or stupidity.

2. A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.

3. Psychology The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation.

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[From idiot.]

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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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Idiocy

See also wisdom.

bovinity

the state or quality of being like a cow or ox, especially in the sense of being dull, stolid, and slow-witted. — bovine, adj.

cretinism

Medicine. a congenital deficiency of thyroid secretion causing deformity and idiocy. — cretinoid, cretinous, adj.

idiotism

1. the condition of an idiot, especially an extreme degree of mental deficiency, usually a mental age of less than three or four years; idiocy.
2. idiotic conduct or action, especially in a normal person. — idiotie, adj.

moronism

the condition of being slow or mentally deficiënt. — moronic, adj.

stultiloquence

Rare. foolish talk or babble.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

idiocy - extreme mental retardation amentia backwardness, mental retardation, subnormality, slowness, retardation - lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

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idiocy

noun foolishness, insanity, lunacy, tomfoolery, inanity, imbecility, senselessness, cretinism, fatuity, abject stupidity, asininity, fatuousness the idiocy of subsidies for activities which damage the environment
sense, wisdom, sanity, acumen, soundness, sagacity

Translations

idiocy [ˈɪdɪəsɪ] N → idiotez f, imbecilidad f

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idiocy [ˈɪdiəsi] n → idiotie f

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idiocy

n

no pl → Idiotie f, → Schwachsinn m

(= stupid act, words) → Dummheit f, → Blödheit f

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idiocy [ˈɪdɪəsɪ] n → idiozia

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idiocy idiot