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Ukrainian
Etymology
By surface analysis, ідіо́т (idiót) + -и́зм (-ýzm). Compare Russian идиоти́зм (idiotízm), Belarusian ідыяты́зм (idyjatýzm), Polish idiotyzm.
Pronunciation
Noun
ідіоти́зм • (idiotýzm) m inan (genitive ідіоти́зму, uncountable)
- (pathology, obsolete) idiotism (severe mental retardation)
- Synonym: ідіоті́я f (idiotíja)
- (colloquial) idiocy (lack of intelligence or sense)
Declension
Declension of ідіоти́зм (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
Related terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ідіотизм”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “ідіотизм”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “ідіотизм”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ідіотизм”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “ідіотизм”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “ідіотизм”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “ідіотизм”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)