mental defectiveness

Definitions of mental defectiveness
  1. noun
    retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
    synonyms: abnormality
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    types:
    feeblemindedness
    severe mental deficiency
    type of:
    backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality
    lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
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