Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

idiocracy

/ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: id-ioc-ra-cy
IPA: /ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A government run by idiots.

Countable; Humorous; Uncountable

noun

A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.

Countable; Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From 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.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: idiot

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/
British English: /ˌɪdiˈɒkɹəsi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

idiocracies (plural)

Derived Forms

idiocratic

Homonyms

ideocracy idiocrasy

Antonyms

geniocracy

Rhymes With

democracy bureaucracy aristocracy autocracy corporatocracy mediocracy adhocracy demonocracy thalassocracy pornocracy ecclesiocracy corpocracy

Questions

How do you pronounce idiocracy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/.
What does idiocracy mean?: A government run by idiots.
Where does idiocracy come from?: From 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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