idiocy

Plural: idiocies

Noun

• Extreme foolishness or a foolish act.
• extreme mental retardation
• The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.
• Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour.
• An idiotic act or utterance.

Examples

• The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place.
• The idiocy of leaving a triple-word score open for his opponent cost him the game.
• The list of his idiocies is seemingly interminable.

Synonyms

amentia, idiocity, idiotacy, idiotcy, idiotery, idioticalness, idioticity, idioticness, idioticy, idiotness, idiotry, imbecility, stupidity

Related Words

idiocracy, idiot, idiotic, idiotically