feeblemindedness

• Nom désignant un état de déficience intellectuelle grave ou d'insuffisance mentale ; considéré aujourd'hui comme obsolète et insultant.

A noun referring to a state of severe intellectual disability or mental deficiency, now considered outdated and offensive.

indénombrable

1. severe intellectual impairmentC2formalmedical

   The state of having significantly below-average mental ability, historically used to describe profound cognitive deficiency.

   débilité mentale

   • The term feeblemindedness was once used in clinical settings to describe severe learning disabilities.
   • In the early 20th century, institutions were created for those diagnosed with feeblemindedness.
   • Modern psychology no longer uses feeblemindedness as a diagnostic category.

   Synonymesidiocyimbecility

   Antonymesclevernessgeniusintelligencesagacitywit