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
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
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 Cabell, James Branch
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.
