IMBECILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A stupid mistake

Synonyms:

betise; folly; foolishness; imbecility; stupidity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("imbecility" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

Meaning:

Retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("imbecility" is a kind of...):

backwardness; mental retardation; retardation; slowness; subnormality (lack of normal development of intellectual capacities)

Derivation:

imbecile (having a mental age of three to seven years)