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IMBECILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stupid mistake
Synonyms:
betise; folly; foolishness; imbecility; stupidity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("imbecility" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("imbecility" is a kind of...):
backwardness; mental retardation; retardation; slowness; subnormality (lack of normal development of intellectual capacities)
Derivation:
imbecile (having a mental age of three to seven years)
