idiot

person of low intelligence
Event pejorative Q193607
idiot
Evert Larock · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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idiot

Summary

idiot is a pejorative[1]. idiot draws 13,582 Wikipedia views per month (pejorative category, ranking #10 of 91).[2]

Key Facts

  • idiot's instance of is recorded as pejorative[3].
  • idiot's instance of is recorded as destructive label[4].
  • idiot is a type of person[5].
  • idiot is the opposite of genius[6].
  • idiot is the opposite of smart person[7].
  • idiot's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[8].
  • idiot's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[9].
  • idiot's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10].
  • idiot's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[11].
  • idiot's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[12].
  • idiot's native label is recorded as half-wit[13].
  • idiot's hashtag is recorded as idiot[14].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include pejorative[3] and destructive label[4].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for idiot include The Idiot[15], a literary work[16], founded in 1867[17], written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky[18] and Covidiot[19], a blend word[20].

Why It Matters

idiot draws 13,582 Wikipedia views per month (pejorative category, ranking #10 of 91).[2] idiot has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] idiot is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for idiot include The Idiot[15], a literary work[16], founded in 1867[17], written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky[18] and Covidiot[19], a blend word[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · فيصل · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151055166
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, The American Cyclopædia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1 +2
    Interlingual index id → i90651
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q113466993]]"
  2. 16w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, The American Cyclopædia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1 +2
    Subclass of → person
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P8814]]: 10217144-n"
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