Blockheadism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity or idiocy. countable, uncountable

    "Robespierre, when he heard of it, broke out into something almost like swearing at the brutish blockheadism of this Hébert[.]"

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"Robespierre, when he heard of it, broke out into something almost like swearing at the brutish blockheadism of this Hébert[.]"

Etymology

From blockhead + -ism.

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