different between idiocracy vs idiocy

English

Etymology 1

idiot +? -cracy

Noun

idiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocracies)

1. (humorous) A government run by idiots.
   • 2010, Jacob Weisberg, “Down With the People,” Slate, 6 February, 2010,^[1]

     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.

Antonyms

• geniocracy

Translations

Etymology 2

idio- +? -cracy

Noun

idiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocracies)

1. (formal) Government that is based upon abstract theory.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• idiotcy (archaic)

Etymology

From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??di.?si/

Noun

idiocy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocies)

1. (dated, psychology, now derogatory) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.
2. An act lacking intelligence or sense; an instance of senselessness; extremely foolish behaviour.

Synonyms

• imbecility
• stupidity

Related terms

• idiot
• idiotic
• idiotically
• idiocracy

Translations

References

• idiocy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• dioicy