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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

The method of Binet and Simon renders possible a fairly exact measurement of feeble-mindedness.

From The Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock

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

Most mental traits are even more complex in appearance than feeble-mindedness.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

feeble-mindedness

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