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idiocracy

noun
/ˌɪdiˈɒkɹəsi/UK/ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/US

Etymology

From idiot + -cracy. The word was coined by the writers of a 2006 movie about the topic, which some have interpreted as presaging, through caricature, the state of the world.

  1. derived from ἰδιώτης
  2. derived from idiota
  3. derived from idiote
  4. inherited from idiote
  5. suffixed as idiocracy — “idiot + cracy”

Definitions

  1. A government run by idiots.

  2. A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.

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Derived

idiocratic

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA