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idiocracies

idiocracies is the plural of idiocracy.

Meaning of idiocracy

Noun

idiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocracies)

  1. (humorous) A government run by idiots.
    • In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the...2010 February 6, Jacob Weisberg, “Down With the People”, in Slate, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2019
  2. (derogatory, slang) A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.

Questions about idiocracies

What is idiocracies the plural of?
Idiocracies is the plural of idiocracy.

Words near idiocracies in the dictionary

  1. idiochromosome
  2. idiochromosomes
  3. idiocies
  4. idiocities
  5. idiocity
  6. idiocracies
  7. idiocracy
  8. idiocrasies
  9. idiocrasy
  10. idiocratic
  11. idiocratical

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