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moron

/mo(ː)ɹɒn//ˈmɔːɹɒn/

moron noun: a stupid person; an idiot; a fool.

Noun (1)

moron (plural morons)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
    • “I misjudged you,” Harvey said. You’re not a moron. You’re only a case of arrested development.1926 October 22, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
  2. (dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
    Synonyms:
    imbecile, idiot, retard

Noun (2)

moron (plural morons)

  1. A hypothetical particle whose existence and configuration can make a moral judgment true.
    • Encouraged by this solution to the puzzle in the case of judgments about our manifest surroundings, one might hope that a similar solution can be offered to the parallel puzzle concerning normative judgments. One example of this solution might be to affirm the existence of what Dworkin calls morons...2016, Sharon Street, “Chapter 12: Objectivity and Truth: You'd Better Rethink It”, in Russ Shafer-Landau, editor, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, volume 11, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 308-309

Proper noun capitalized: Moron

Moron

  1. A commune in southwestern Haiti.

moron meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

moron in Tamil

அறிவிலி, மூடன், அறிவாற்றலற்றவர்

moron in Urdu

moron, idiot, fool
احمق ahmaq
moron, fool
چونچ cõc

moron in Bengali

psychology, dated: person of mild mental subnormality
বোকা bōka

moron in Malayalam

fool, idiot, ass
വിഡ്ഢി, വിചേതസ്സ്, മൂഢൻ, മുഹേരൻ, മൃത്പിണ്ഡബുദ്ധി, മണ്ടൻ
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moron in Kannada
ಬೆಳ್ಳ, ಮುಟ್ಟಾಳ, ಗಾಂಪ, ಮಂದಬುದ್ಧಿ
moron in Nepali
मोरोन
moron in Indonesian
sontoloyo, bahlul, bego

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Forms of moron

pluralmorons

Origin of moron

Coined by American psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from Ancient Greek μωρόν (mōrón), the neuter form of μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).

Coined by American legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin in late 20th c.; by surface analysis, mor(al) + -on. The obvious idea that the homonymy with the usual sense of moron was likely intentional has been supported by some of Dworkin's fellow philosophers.

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Questions about moron

What does moron mean?
Moron means a stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
What is moron in Tamil?
Moron in Tamil is அறிவிலி, மூடன், அறிவாற்றலற்றவர். See Moron meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is moron?
Moron can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce moron?
Moron is pronounced /ˈmɔːɹɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of moron?
The plural of moron is morons.

Words near moron in the dictionary

  1. moroheiya
  2. Moroka
  3. Moroland
  4. morolimumab
  5. morology
  6. moron
  7. moron in a hurry
  8. Morona Santiago
  9. Morona-Santiago
  10. morone
  11. moronecidin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moron (page history and authors); Moron (page history and authors); moron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); احمق (Urdu) (page history and authors); moron (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); moron (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moron (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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