different between idiosyncracy vs idiocracy

English

Noun

idiosyncracy (plural idiosyncracies)

1. Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy

Usage notes

• This spelling is commonly considered a misspelling; etymologically the preferred spelling is idiosyncrasy, which is also the only spelling given by most dictionaries, such as the Dictionary.com Unabridged and the American Heritage Dictionary. This spelling is mentioned in the Oxford English Dictionary's entry for idiosyncrasy, but is marked as erroneous. Webster's Third New International Dictionary gives both spellings, but under the entry name idiosyncrasy.

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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

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Etymology 2

idio- +? -cracy

Noun

idiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocracies)

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

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