feeble-mindedness
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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
Probably no physician could be found who would diagnose the case, on the basis of a medical examination alone, as one of feeble-mindedness.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
And where he goes on to tell her he can't marry her, because he is artistic, and she is too practical for them to be real mates, and all that other feeble-mindedness?
From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by James Branch Cabell
Most mental traits are even more complex in appearance than feeble-mindedness.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
