- plural of idiocy.
idiocies
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What follows is a non-exhaustive list of some of the major idiocies of the year.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2019
Or should he sit back in his chair and smile calmly at the idiocies of mankind?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2015
There is wide-open writing here about Chicago, his hometown, and about topics like con men, terrorism, Paris and Vermont, writers like Ralph Ellison and J. D. Salinger and the idiocies of certain critics and scholars.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2015
The idiocies begin with the first sentence: “It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system.”
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2015
A small victory or two would help her to tolerate their idiocies and would stop her from going crazy.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
