idiocy
Complete lack of sense
Idiocy is extreme stupidity or foolishness: The idiocy of that decision became clear within weeks.
It can describe a single act or a general quality: sheer idiocy, bureaucratic idiocy.
Historically, idiocy was a clinical term for profound intellectual disability, but this usage is now considered offensive and has been replaced by medical terminology.
Extreme foolishness or stupidity
- asininityObstinate foolishness
- doltishnessBlockheaded quality
- obtusenessSlowness to understand
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
simplemindedness · mindlessness · boneheadedness · dullness · thickheadedness · brainlessness · unintelligence · witlessness
Wildly illogical quality
- lunacyExtreme irrational foolishness
- follyAbsence of good judgment
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
buffoonery · preposterousness · irrationality · ludicrousness · senselessness · inanity · frivolity · nonsensicality
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- simplemindednessLack of mental depth
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
unworldliness · cluelessness · greenness · inexperience · obtuseness · benightedness · unawareness · blindness
imbecility
Extreme foolishness or stupidity
- asininityObstinate foolishness
- doltishnessBlockheaded quality
- obtusenessSlowness to understand
denseness · simplemindedness · mindlessness · boneheadedness · dullness · thickheadedness · brainlessness · unintelligence · witlessness · fatuity
absurdity
Wildly illogical quality
- lunacyExtreme irrational foolishness
- follyAbsence of good judgment
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
tomfoolery · buffoonery · preposterousness · irrationality · ludicrousness · senselessness · inanity · frivolity · nonsensicality · ridiculousness
gullibility
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- simplemindednessLack of mental depth
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
ignorance · unworldliness · cluelessness · greenness · inexperience · obtuseness · benightedness · unawareness · blindness · foolishness
bunk
Nonsense or stacked bed
drivel · malarkey · poppycock · twaddle · claptrap · hooey · rubbish · bosh · tommyrot · codswallop
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- folliesfolly, foolishness, stupidity, lunacy, madness
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- Old-Fashioned Medicineague, apoplexy, consumption, dropsy, grippe
- irrationalityirrationality, unreason, illogic, madness, insanity
- criminologycrime, criminology, criminal behavior, criminologist, criminalization
idiocygenius
Person of rare brilliance
brilliance · intelligence · intellect · brains · cleverness
idiocywisdom
Good judgment from experience
prudence · sagacity · good judgment · sense · good sense
idiocysanity
Mental soundness
rationality · lucidity · mental clarity · coherence · reason
- village idiotSettlement's designated simpleton
- idiot boxDismissive term for television
- like an idiot
- fucking idiot
- useful idiotUnwitting propaganda spreader
- idiot boxesSlang for televisions
idiot, idiom, idiotic, idiomatic, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, idiotically, idiolect, idiocies