idiotry

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noun

Idiocy

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Meanings

nounidiotry (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableIdiocy

    But ſo great vvas his love of ſacred amity at the ſame time, that he ſays, I ſtill keep up any correſpondence vvith him, notvvithſtanding his Idiotry, for it is my principle to be contſant in my friendſhips— […]

    1752, William Warburton, “Epistle to Dr. [John] Arbuthnot, Being the Prologue to the Satires”, in Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope Esq., volume IV, London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton […], →OCLC, footnote, page 22

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
idiocy

Origin

From idiot + -ry.

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APA

idiotry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiotry

MLA

“idiotry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiotry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idiotry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiotry.

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