mental age
Example Sentences
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It’s not cute watching and adult man regress to the mental age of a three-year-old.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024
Her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the claim.
From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020
The judges were told the woman's daughter is in her 20s, is 22 weeks pregnant, and has the mental age of a child aged between the age of six and nine.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2019
They also argued his sentence was unconstitutional because although he was 18 at the time of the killing, his mental age and maturity lagged behind his actual age.
From Washington Times • May 4, 2018
By this scale it was held a child's mental age, which, of course, was often not the same as his chronological age, could be determined.
From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred
