HyperDic: mental_retardation

English > 1 sense of the expression mental retardation:
NOUNcognitionmental retardation, retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormalitylack of normal development of intellectual capacities
English > mental retardation: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaninglack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
Synonymsretardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality
Narrowerabnormality, mental defectivenessretardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
idiocy, amentiaextreme / extreme mental retardation
imbecilityretardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
moronity, mental deficiencymild mental retardation
BroaderstupidityA poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
Spanishatraso, retraso mental, retraso
Catalanendarreriment, retard mental

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