NOUN | state | subnormality | the state of being less than normal / normal (especially with respect to intelligence) |
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cognition | subnormality, retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness | lack of normal development of intellectual capacities |
Meaning | The state of being less than normal / normal (especially with respect to intelligence). | |
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Broader | abnormality, abnormalcy | An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
Spanish | anormalidad, subnormalidad | |
Adjectives | subnormal | below normal or average |
Meaning | lack of normal development of intellectual capacities. | |
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Synonyms | retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness | |
Narrower | abnormality, mental defectiveness | retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence |
idiocy, amentia | extreme / extreme mental retardation | |
imbecility | retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot | |
moronity, mental deficiency | mild mental retardation | |
Broader | stupidity | A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
Spanish | atraso, retraso mental, retraso | |
Catalan | endarreriment, retard mental | |
Adjectives | subnormal | below normal or average |
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