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Recent Examples of idiocy But my naivete and idiocy about what this was going to take was staggering to me just six months later. Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Those members of Bachelor Nation who aren't familiar with the #MomTok insanity will have several months to get up to speed, as Paul's season of The Bachelorette will not premiere until 2026.
    Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • She was later extradited from South Korea in 2022, PEOPLE previously reported, and has since pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and is pursuing an insanity defense.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But coming from Alexander Karp, the CEO and cofounder of Palantir Technologies, this concern-trolling about a growing censoriousness in ‘the culture’ feels almost intentional in its absurdity.
    Book Marks September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The result is an absurdity that can elicit instinctual laughter at the grossest imagery imaginable.
    Robert Niles, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s off-the-scale stupidity.
    Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So in the midst of poverty imposed by the American embargo and the frequent stupidity of their own government, Cubans struggle to eke out a life.
    Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Idiocy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiocy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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