idiocy

1. 1.

   extreme mental retardation

   Synonymsamentia

   Broaderretardation

Other forms of idiocy

plural

idiocies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about idiocy

What does idiocy mean?

idiocy means "extreme mental retardation".

How many syllables are in idiocy?

idiocy has 4 syllables: id-i-o-cy. The stress falls on "id". In IPA it is /ˈɪdiəsi/.

What is another word for idiocy?

Close synonyms include amentia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is idiocy a common word?

idiocy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.