idiocracy

American  

[id-ee-ah-kruh-see] / ˌɪd iˈɑ krə si /

noun

1. rule by an idiot or idiots.

2. a country or other domain ruled by an idiot or idiots.

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Example Sentences

There are hints of many movies made after 1987: “The Truman Show,” “The Hunger Games,” “Idiocracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The fights and chases are semi-effective, but there’s such a startling lack of cleverness that it’s as if the filmmakers took “Idiocracy” as a guide rather than a warning.

From The Wall Street Journal

This may be too much historical shorthand, but one could argue that the extraordinary extensions of presidential powers that Lincoln used to crush the Confederacy marked the beginning of a process that brought us all the way here, to the brink of a neo-Confederate authoritarian idiocracy.

From Salon

If I were curating a film festival, I would feature "RoboCop," John Carpenter’s "They Live," "Idiocracy," "Children of Men," and some Terry Gilliam.

From Salon

The president in “Idiocracy” was actually trying to help the American people and to do the right and best thing as he understood it.

From Salon