idiocracyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌɪdiˈɒkɹəsi/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/
• 異形同音異義語: ideocracy, idiocrasy
• 韻: -ɒkɹəsi

名詞

idiocracy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocracies)

1. (humorous, politics) A government run by idiots.
   • 2010 February 6, Jacob Weisberg, “Down With the People”, in Slate‎, archived from the original on 28 June 2019:

     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.

2. (slang, derogatory) A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.

使用する際の注意点

Do not confuse idiocracy ("rule by idiots") with its (historically older) homophones, idiocrasy ("idiosyncrasy") and ideocracy ("rule by ideologues").

反意語

• geniocracy

派生語

• idiocratic