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idiocrasy

American  
[id-ee-ok-ruh-see] / ˌɪd iˈɒk rə si /

noun

plural

idiocrasies

  1. idiosyncrasy.

Other Word Forms

  • idiocratic adjective
  • idiocratical adjective
  • idiocratically adverb

Etymology

Origin of idiocrasy

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

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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?

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

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