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

Noun

pl -cies

1. utter stupidity

2. 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 << OPPOSITE wisdom

Translations

idiocy [ˈɪdɪəsɪ] n → idiotez f (= stupid act); estupidez f

idiocy [ˈɪdɪəsɪ] n → idiotie f, stupidité f

idiocy [ˈɪdɪəsɪ] n → Idiotie f, Dummheit f

idiocy [ˈɪdɪəsɪ] n → idiozia

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idiocy idiot