feeble-mindedness
Example Sentences
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Goddard’s proposed cure to the nation’s feeble-mindedness was widely implemented.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2021
The Ohio researcher said that some of his subjects were "greatly influenced by the pleasant appearance or smile, but for some the smile denotes intelligence and for others it denotes feeble-mindedness."
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2012
Most mental traits are even more complex in appearance than feeble-mindedness.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
Epilepsy: 101, 117, 242, 249, 251, 252, 253; in guinea-pigs, 132; relation to feeble-mindedness, 249.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
The conclusions reached are numerous and important, but the one of greatest theoretical interest is this, that feeble-mindedness is inherited as a simple recessive Mendelian unit-character.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
