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idiotist en · ADJ

Etymology

From idiot + -ist.

Meanings

  1. Intolerant of stupidity.
    • If you tell an idiot that he's as smart as a genius and the only reason the idiot is not as advanced in society as the genius is because the genius is "oppressing him" or being "idiotist, then we have a problem, don't you think? 1998 January 13, Stefan Andreasson, “No longer Betty "Cracker"”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet):
    • Or would that be characteristic of prejudiced and bigotry to point out what idiots are doing? Idiotist? I wouldn't want to "lump all idiots together" etc.etc. 1999 June 17, C.J. Watson, “Racial and Sexual Orientation Discrimination”, in alt.destroy.the.christian.coaltiion (Usenet):
    • And the comments I regularly make to you aren't because you're white, they're because you're an idiot. My comments are definitely Idiotist when it comes to you. 1998 September 4, Dog Game SuperStar, “Genetics for Sudhir (please read)”, in rec.pets.dogs.breeds (Usenet):
    • Well, no, quite the opposite - my argument is less "I'm not idiotist, some of my best friends are idiots" and closer to "yes, I am idiotist but I recognise that and therefore consciously compensate for it" ;-) 2015 July 17, Jon Ribbens, “Station bicycle cull Group”, in uk.net.news.moderation (Usenet):
  2. (derogatory) Supporting policies and beliefs that are idiotic.
    • All this hysteria in the MSM is utterly idiotist. 2016 July 22, Jonathan, “TRUMP TELLS PUTIN it's OK”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):
    • Within consciousness itself modernity has installed primall repellencies against culture, values, myth, reason, philosophy, every illuminative strategy for humans to escape the gravitational field of their own "natural" (now inculcated and cultured) idiotist delusionalities: That is what noetic abstractivism means, concretely, intuitively, gnosically. 2008, The Comics Journal - Issues 288-291, page 199:
    • McCain's "idiotist" plan, the one that... well... who knows what it will be, given that it changes about every three days or so, depending on whether the senile old coot's gambling itch hits him in the morning or not.... 2008 October 19, flybd5, “What kind of economic plan would you rather have? "Socialist" or Idiotist?”, in va.politics (Usenet):
    • Your idiotist president babbled about 'isolation' and 'in tatters', in reality for most of people nothing has really changed in Russia due to the sanctions', - the main reasult of efforts of your idiotist politicians is that they greatly strengthened Putin approval rating. 2015 May 12, Oleg Smirnov, “a detail on Putin's discourse”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):

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idiotist en · NOUN

Etymology

From idiot + -ist.

Meanings

  1. One who is idiotist (either sense)
    • I am not a racist, but I do admit to being an idiotist. I am really, really, prejudiced against stupid people. 2013 June 14, Mr Pounder, “Fed up with cold callers Group”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet):
    • I don't like idiots. You can say, I'm an "idiotist" 1999 November 23, calm...@my-deja.com, “The Chris Rock Show - Who Watches It?”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet):
    • ...might not inappropriately be called idiotists, for they assuredly reveal their incapacity for cosmopolitan responsibility and the high duties of world citizens. 1917, The Quest - Volume 8, Part 2, page 442:
    • And now the idiotist Jonthy naively believes he can oppose this with his pathetic Atlanticist propaganda shit. 2016 September 5, jonathan, “Promised prosperity arrived in Russian-held Crimea”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):

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