Meaning of idiocracy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A government run by idiots.
   countable, humorous, uncountable
2. A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.
   countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

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