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idiocy

 noun
     
id‧i‧o‧cy plural idiocies
[uncountable and countable] something that you think is extremely silly or stupid [= stupidity]:
The idiocy of his behaviour appalled her.
He smiled calmly at the idiocies of mankind.
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