...a powerful chapter on the idiocy of continuing government subsidies for environmentally damaging activities.
...his gentle, ironic analysis of the idiocies of the previous regime.
English dictionary. 2008.
Idiocy — Id i*o*cy ([i^]d [i^]*[ o]*s[y^]), n. [From idiot; cf. Gr. ? uncouthness, lack of education, fr. ?. See {Idiot}, and cf. {Idiotcy}.] The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
idiocy — idiocy. См. умственная отсталость. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
idiocy — (n.) 1520s, from IDIOT (Cf. idiot) on model of prophecy, etc. Early alternatives included idiotacy (1580s), idiotry (1590s) … Etymology dictionary
idiocy — [n] utter stupidity asininity, cretinism, derangement, fatuity, fatuousness, foolishness, imbecility, inanity, insanity, insipidity, lunacy, madness, senselessness, tomfoolery; concepts 409,410 Ant. brains, intelligence … New thesaurus
idiocy — idiocy, idiopathic insanity /id(i)yasiy, idiyowpseOak insEenatiy/ See insanity … Black's law dictionary
idiocy — idiocy, idiopathic insanity /id(i)yasiy, idiyowpseOak insEenatiy/ See insanity … Black's law dictionary
idiocy — ► NOUN (pl. idiocies) ▪ extremely stupid behaviour … English terms dictionary
idiocy — [id′ē ə sē] n. [ IDIO(T) + CY] 1. the state of being an idiot 2. behavior like that of an idiot; great foolishness or stupidity 3. pl. idiocies an idiotic act or remark … English World dictionary
idiocy — n. 1) congenital idiocy 2) idiocy to + inf. (it was sheer idiocy for him to arrive late) * * * [ ɪdɪəsɪ] congenital idiocy idiocy to + inf. (it was sheer idiocy for him to arrive late) … Combinatory dictionary
idiocy — Synonyms and related words: amentia, arrested development, asininity, backwardness, battiness, blithering idiocy, brainlessness, buffoonery, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cretinism, daffiness, desipience, eccentricity,… … Moby Thesaurus
