About The Word Imbecility
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Imbecility
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What's The Definition Of Imbecility?
[n] a stupid mistake
[n] retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot Synonyms | Synonyms for Imbecility: betise | folly | foolishness | stupidity Related Terms | Find terms related to Imbecility: amentia | arrested development | asininity | backwardness | battiness | blithering idiocy | brainlessness | buffoonery | clownishness | crackpottedness | crankiness | craziness | cretinism | daffiness | desipience | disability | disablement | disqualification | eccentricity | fatuity | fatuousness | folly | foolery | foolheadedness | foolishness | frivolity | frivolousness | giddiness | goofiness | half-wittedness | idiocy | idiotism | inability | inadequacy | inanity | incapability | incapacitation | incapacity | incompetence | incompetency | inefficiency | ineptitude | infancy | infantilism | inferiority | insanity | insufficiency | legal incapacity | lunacy | madness | mental defectiveness | mental deficiency | mental handicap | mental retardation | mindlessness | minority | mongolianism | mongolism | mongoloid idiocy | moronism | moronity | niaiserie | nugacity | nuttiness | profound idiocy | queerness | retardation | retardment | sappiness | screwiness | senselessness | silliness | simplemindedness | simpleness | simple-wittedness | simplicity | stupidity | subnormality | thoughtlessness | triflingness | triviality | unfitness | wackiness | wardship | weirdness | witlessness | zaniness | zanyism See Also | backwardness | error | fault | mental retardation | mistake | retardation | slowness | subnormality Imbecility In Webster's Dictionary \Im`be*cil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Imbecilities}. [L.
imbecillitas: cf. F. imb['e]cillit['e].]
The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of
mind.
Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature,
but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind.
--Sir W.
Temple.
Note: This term is used specifically to denote natural
weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power
to act reasonably or intelligently.
Syn: Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence.
See {Debility}.
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