idiocracy
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/ˌɪdiˈɒkɹəsi/(UK)
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/ˌɪdiˈɒkɹəsi/(UK) · /ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/(US)
Definition of idiocracy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, humorous, uncountable)A government run by idiots.
“In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the blustering idiocracy of the cable-news stations, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for any important legislation.”
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noun
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(countable, humorous, uncountable)A government run by idiots.
“In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the blustering idiocracy of the cable-news stations, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for any important legislation.”
- (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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.
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