cretinism
Example Sentences
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The late Gore Vidal explained that one of his ambitions as a historian and novelist was to determine “when the great cretinism began in the United States…when people got really dumb.”
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
In children, hypothyroidism can cause cretinism, which can lead to mental retardation and growth defects.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Neither cretinism, Laron syndrome nor Down's syndrome duplicate the full suite of features.
From Nature ● Oct. 21, 2014
Derrick, however, is also the prime locus of the film’s insouciant hypocrisy, since it wants to paint him as a slobbering, exploitative cretin while inviting the audience to savor the fruits of that cretinism.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2010
"Certainly, and you can think yourself happy, until gradually a contented cretinism steals over you, body and mind."
From The Man Between, an International Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
