IDIOCY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for IDIOCY?

Need another word that means the same as “idiocy”? Find 32 synonyms for “idiocy” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Idiocy” are: amentia, stupidity, folly, foolishness, foolhardiness, madness, insanity, lunacy, silliness, thoughtlessness, senselessness, lack of sense, indiscretion, irresponsibility, injudiciousness, imprudence, rashness, recklessness, ineptitude, inanity, irrationality, illogicality, absurdity, nonsense, ridiculousness, fatuousness, fatuity, asininity, pointlessness, meaninglessness, futility, fruitlessness

Idiocy as a Noun

Definitions of "Idiocy" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “idiocy” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Extreme mental retardation.
• Extremely stupid behaviour.

Synonyms of "Idiocy" as a noun (32 Words)

absurdity	A message whose content is at variance with reason. Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
amentia	Severe congenital mental disability.
asininity	The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness.
fatuity	A ludicrous folly.
fatuousness	A ludicrous folly.
folly	Foolish or senseless behavior. Trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly.
foolhardiness	The trait of giving little thought to danger.
foolishness	A stupid mistake. Adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness.
fruitlessness	A lack of creative imagination.
futility	Pointlessness or uselessness. The horror and futility of war.
illogicality	Invalid or incorrect reasoning.
imprudence	A lack of caution in practical affairs.
inanity	A nonsensical remark or action. He commented on the breathtaking inanity of the board s decision.
indiscretion	Behaviour or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgement. Sexual indiscretions.
ineptitude	Lack of skill or ability. The officials displayed remarkable ineptitude.
injudiciousness	The trait of being injudicious.
insanity	Extreme foolishness or irrationality. He suffered from bouts of insanity.
irrationality	The state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding. The irrationality of square roots.
irresponsibility	A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions. The economic ills are a consequence of greed and irresponsibility.
lack of sense	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lunacy	Extreme folly or eccentricity. It has been suggested that originality demands a degree of lunacy.
madness	An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain. The new laws are a madness.
meaninglessness	A message that seems to convey no meaning. He resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him.
nonsense	A message that seems to convey no meaning. She s a strong woman who stands no nonsense.
pointlessness	Total lack of meaning or ideas.
rashness	Any red eruption of the skin.
recklessness	Lack of regard for the danger or consequences of one’s actions; rashness. To fire a loaded shotgun was an act of utmost recklessness.
ridiculousness	A message whose content is at variance with reason. I recognize the sheer ridiculousness of being afraid of something the size of my thumbnail.
senselessness	Total lack of meaning or ideas.
silliness	A ludicrous folly. Children will love the sheer silliness of the enterprise.
stupidity	A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience. A comedy of infantile stupidity.
thoughtlessness	The quality of failing to be considerate of others.

Usage Examples of "Idiocy" as a noun

• The idiocy of decimating yew forests.
• Every aspect of public administration throws up its own idiocies.