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. [From idiot.] |
idiocy [ˈɪdɪəsɪ]
n pl -cies
1. (not in technical usage) severe mental retardation
2. foolishness or senselessness; stupidity
3. a foolish act or remark
Idiocy
See also wisdom.
the state or quality of being like a cow or ox, especially in the sense of being dull, stolid, and slow-witted. — bovine, adj.
Medicine. a congenital deficiency of thyroid secretion causing deformity and idiocy. — cretinoid, cretinous, adj.
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.
2. idiotic conduct or action, especially in a normal person. — idiotie, adj.
the condition of being slow or mentally deficiënt. — moronic, adj.
Rare. foolish talk or babble.
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| Noun | 1. | idiocy - extreme mental retardation backwardness, mental retardation, subnormality, slowness, retardation - lack of normal development of intellectual capacities |
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
sense, wisdom, sanity, acumen, soundness, sagacity
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