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English noun: backwardness

1. backwardness (cognition) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities


Synonymsmental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality


Broader (hypernym)stupidity


Narrower (hyponym)abnormality, amentia, idiocy, imbecility, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, moronity









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