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单词 idiotize
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idiotizev.

Brit. /ˈɪdɪətʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɪdiəˌtaɪz/
Forms: 1500s ideotize, 1700s– idiotize, 1800s– idiotise.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: idiot n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < idiot n. (or its Latin or Greek source) + -ize suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier idiotism n. 3a, and also medieval Greek ἰδιωτίζειν to pronounce in the local manner.
1. intransitive. To act in an individual way. Cf. idiotism n. 3a. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 11 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Foreign Calvinists..disown and condemn our Dissenters for Idiotizing as well as Schismatizing.
2. intransitive. To be or become an idiot or like that of an idiot. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1762 T. Flloyd tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Persian Lett. II. cix. 26 It looks..as if the heads of the greatest men idiotized when they meet together.
3. transitive. To make idiotic, to turn into an idiot; to make a fool of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > make weak [verb (transitive)] > make idiotic
idiotize1775
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]
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1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 308 Should she [sc. the Church] be always considered as actually non compos mentis; as under that lunatic infatuation which idiotizes every thing she says, renders an object of forlorn pity every assertion she utters.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 580 They bethought them..how they might further idiotise the public.
1841 R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. xlviii. 382 The invention..idiotizes all our former sages.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge II. vi. 88 Henchard stood as if idiotised.
1901 H. James Sacred Fount xiv. 303 ‘Or of her having deformed and idiotised herself,’ my friend subjoined.
1945 S. Gross tr. M. Unamuno Perplexities & Paradoxes 107 Willy's Claudinas, which have been translated into Castilian and have been very popular, are not only corrupting the moral sense, but also are idiotizing our people.
2000 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 19 May b5 Talking animals idiotize the wild kingdom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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