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 Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
Other observers note that in the children of workers in lead, there is a distressing frequency of feeble-mindedness and epilepsy.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
His duty will be to supervise the work of mental testing, the work of diagnosis for feeble-mindedness and selection of the subnormal children, the teaching of such children.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry