idiocrasy

idiocrasy
idiocratic /id'ee euh krat"ik/, idiocratical, adj.idiocratically, adv.
/id'ee ok"reuh see/, n., pl. idiocrasies.
idiosyncrasy.
[1675-85; < Gk idiokrasía, equiv. to idio- IDIO- + -krasia, equiv. to krâs(is) mixture (see CRASIS) + -ia -Y3; see IDIOSYNCRASY]

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