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feeble-mindedness

NOUN

stupidity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurdity apathy idiocy ignorance lunacy nonsense silliness

STRONG

asininity fatuity fatuousness imbecility imprudence incapacity ineptitude injudiciousness insensibility obtuseness puerility shallowness simplicity slowness sluggishness stolidity stupefaction stupor weakness

WEAK

battiness brainlessness doltishness nitwittedness stupidness thick-headedness weak-mindedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

intelligence sense

WEAK

acumen canniness judgment shrewdness wisdom

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

I admit there may be such a thing as hereditary feeble-mindedness; I believe there is such a thing as witchcraft.

From Eugenics and Other Evils by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

We give these figures only that it may not be imagined that we are dealing with cases of slight feeble-mindedness with a retardation of one or two years.

From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred

Even the legal tests as to insanity and feeble-mindedness are neither logical nor humane.

From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence

feeble-mindedness

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