idiocrasy

[ id-ee-ok-ruh-see ]

noun

, plural id·i·oc·ra·sies.

1. idiosyncrasy.

Other Words From

• id·i·o·crat·ic [id-ee-, uh, -, krat, -ik], idi·o·crati·cal adjective
• idi·o·crati·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of idiocrasy¹

1675–85; < Greek idiokrāsía, equivalent to idio- idio- + -krāsia, equivalent to krâs ( is ) mixture ( crasis ) + -ia -y ³; idiosyncrasy

Example Sentences

“It was colossal what they did, and it was idiocrasy.”

From Washington Post

Idiocrasy, id-i-ok′ra-si, n. same as Idiosyncrasy.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Sign language can undoubtedly be and is employed to express highly metaphysical ideas, but to do that in a symbolic system requires a development of the mode of expression consequent upon a similar development of the mental idiocrasy of the gesturers far beyond any yet found among historic tribes north of Mexico.

From Project Gutenberg

The best culture will always be that of the manly and courageous instincts, and loving perceptions, and of self-respect—aiming to form, over this continent, an idiocrasy of universalism, which, true child of America, will bring joy to its mother, returning to her in her own spirit, recruiting myriads of offspring, able, natural, perceptive, tolerant, devout believers in her, America, and with some definite instinct why and for what she has arisen, most vast, most formidable of historic births, and is, now and here, with wonderful step, journeying through Time.

From Project Gutenberg

To lands, to man, to woman, what is there at last to each, but the inherent soul, nativity, idiocrasy, free, highest-poised, soaring its own flight, following out itself?

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Related Words

• foible
• idiosyncrasy
• peculiarity
• quirk
• weirdness