Puerility vs Idiocy - What's the difference?
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The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.
(psychology) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation.
An act lacking intelligence or sense; an instance of senselessness; extremely foolish behaviour.
Puerility is a related term of idiocy.
As nouns the difference between puerility and idiocy
is that puerility is the state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile while idiocy is (psychology) the state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation.puerility
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See also
* puerilismidiocy
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Alternative forms
* idiotcyNoun
(idiocies)- The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy , put a new policy in place.