1. a system of government or society run by or controlled by idiots or people of low intelligence
Usage: informal; often used critically or satirically to describe incompetent leadership or decision-making

Examples

• Critics argued that the administration's policies reflected an idiocracy rather than sound governance.
• The company's idiocracy became apparent when unqualified executives made major strategic decisions.
• Some commentators joked that social media had created an idiocracy where misinformation spreads faster than facts.
• The film satirizes a future idiocracy where the least intelligent people hold all positions of power.
• After the scandal, employees felt they were working in an idiocracy with no competent leadership.