idiocratic

adjective

id·​i·​o·​crat·​ic

¦idēə¦kratik

variants or idiocratical

tə̇kəl also |ək

: idiosyncratic

idiocratically

-tə̇k(ə)lē

adverb

Word History

Etymology

from idiocrasy, after such pairs as English apostasy: apostatic, apostatical

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