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The word "idiot" originally meant "a person who is not interested in politics"
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Now the word "idiot" two meanings: the most common - offensive, the second - medical designating the person with the most profound degree of mental retardation.
However, the Greek word originally meant Idiōtēs only a "person who is not interested in politics." Because of the negative connotations of the word "idiot" gradually took the meaning that is familiar to us today.
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