noun
idiotism
Idiotism (noun) means (old-fashioned) A very serious lack of mental ability.
noun
1
(old-fashioned) A very serious lack of mental ability.
"Idiotism had long been accepted as hopeless: ‘Absolute idiocy admits of no cure,’ noted the nineteenth-century psychiatrist George Man Burrows (1771–1846)."
— Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (1997)
2
A silly or foolish remark.
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What is the meaning of idiotism?
"idiotism" (noun) means (old-fashioned) A very serious lack of mental ability.
What are the different meanings of idiotism?
"idiotism" has 2 main meanings: 1. (old-fashioned) A very serious lack of mental ability; 2. A silly or foolish remark.
