WashedOver to Political [email protected] • 1 year agoEven as the convictions pile up many still believe...lemmy.caimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up11.33K
arrow-up11.33KimageEven as the convictions pile up many still believe...lemmy.caWashedOver to Political [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIdiot is not. It comes from a Greek word for someone who doesn’t pay attention to politics.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoA little bit of both, apparently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot If this is correct, then it started out as a word for private citizen and then evolved in Greek to mean ignorant. Then in the 19th Century was coined as a medical term.
Idiot is not. It comes from a Greek word for someone who doesn’t pay attention to politics.
A little bit of both, apparently.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot
If this is correct, then it started out as a word for private citizen and then evolved in Greek to mean ignorant.
Then in the 19th Century was coined as a medical term.