idiocracy
idiocracy · idiocracies
A government run by idiotsA government run by idiots.
UK/ˌɪdiˈɒkɹəsi/US/ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, humorous, uncountable)A government run by idiots.
идиократияidiokratija
(countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
government by idiots:
Origin
From idiot + -cracy. The word was coined by the writers of a 2006 movie about the topic, wFrom 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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Forms
plural: idiocracies| Singular | idiocracy |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedidiocratic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.