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What does idiocy mean?

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Noun
  1. (psychology) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation.
  2. An act lacking intelligence or sense; an instance of senselessness; extremely foolish behaviour.
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Be prepared for dizzying diatribes, the full range of human capability and frailty, idiocy and intelligence.
Apparently it's better to be in favour of marriage than to be against outrageous idiocy.
There is a fine line between sweet glorious cheese and eye-rolling, forehead-slapping idiocy.
In time, idiocy, defined once again as permanent and untreatable, became identified with degeneracy, willful noncompliance and moral corruption.
The image of idiocy was well suited for the scriptural style of antithetical positions represented in Hooker's sermon.
Most of your run of the mill idiocy falls into a middle category somewhere between frightfully dim to downright dense.

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