Preposition: of

• war: Except, the war is remarkably like the idiocy of the first world war rather than any of those fought during Victoria's reign.

• people: We've all got our lives to lead, and we've all got the idiocy of other people 's attempts to stop us.

Converse of object

• see: You see the idiocy, don't you, of an unforgiving attitude?

• gibber: Complete gibbering idiocy, like forgetting one's own phone number in a crisis.

• expose: Donald exposed the dangerous idiocy of Dubya's Son of Star Wars.

• commit: From Africa we are deluged with accounts of idiocy committed by customers in the field.

Adjective modifier

• sheer: The sheer idiocy of these proposals makes further comment superfluous.

• such: However, such idiocy does have the happy consequence that it makes for great satire.

• utter: I'm sure I don't have to point out the utter idiocy in that.

• late: Every day, we are driven to distraction when the latest idiocy is jammed down our throats.

• own: Never mind, I'll just contemplate my own idiocy... .

Preposition: in

• scene: Chilling villain, superb Brian Cox as Lecktor but corny stuff and idiocy in the last few scenes.