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idiocies

idiocies is the plural of idiocy.

Meaning of idiocy

Noun

idiocy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocies)

  1. (dated, derogatory) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average.
  2. (uncountable) Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour.
    • The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place.
  3. (countable) An idiotic act or utterance.
    • The list of his idiocies is seemingly interminable.

Questions about idiocies

What is idiocies the plural of?
Idiocies is the plural of idiocy.

Words near idiocies in the dictionary

  1. idiochords
  2. idiochromatic
  3. idiochromatin
  4. idiochromosome
  5. idiochromosomes
  6. idiocies
  7. idiocities
  8. idiocity
  9. idiocracies
  10. idiocracy
  11. idiocrasies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: idiocies (page history and authors); idiocy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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