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How to pronounce idiocy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms amentia
Type of backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality

Examples of idiocy

idiocy
You didn't see it go in, and this is the kind of idiocy Sepp Blatter would love.
From the guardian.co.uk
I laugh at the jokes about his idiocy, but we seem to only get jokes about that.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
You have five children, and a one-time idiocy should not break up your marriage.
From the omaha.com
I just despair at the idiocy of people who use religion as an excuse for hatred.
From the economist.com
Rated PG-13, they deserve a tougher rating for sheer idiocy, but that's the fun.
From the denverpost.com
The availability of a laser designator would make your claims uninformed idiocy.
From the swampland.time.com
The LAUSD has been governed by political infighting, greed and flat-out idiocy.
From the dailynews.com
Do not expect those of us who are and have lost the most to cheer such idiocy on.
From the washingtontimes.com
This is the same idiocy that Kent Heckenlively fell into with hilarious effect.
From the scienceblogs.com
More examples
  • Extreme mental retardation
  • (idiotic) crackbrained: insanely irresponsible; "an idiotic idea"
  • (idiotic) absurd: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous ...
  • (idiotic) imbecile: having a mental age of three to seven years
  • An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. ...
  • (The Idiots) The Idiots (Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish film directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme '95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. ...
  • The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; An act lacking intelligence or sense; an instance of senselessness; extremely foolish behaviour
  • (idiotic) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; afflicted with idiocy; Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish; stupid; nonsensical
  • (idiotic) The EPL compiler produced spectacularly bad code for some kinds of structure references. Jim Gimpel and Don Wagner looked at these problems and divided declarations into "synchronous," "asynchronous," and "idiotic" references, depending on whether an array of items was naturally word- ...