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Meanings of feeble-mindedness in English

Russian
лёгкая умственная отсталость

Term once used in psychiatry to denote mild intellectual disability.

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      Usage of feeble-mindedness in English
      1
      It could eliminate infectious disease, feeble-mindedness, the slums and the centers of vice.
      The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
      2
      When the feeble-mindedness is fully developed the mind does not perceive anything accurately.
      Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
      3
      It was nothing but one more symptom of my recent feeble-mindedness.
      Darkly Dreaming Dexter
      4
      According to the classical definition of feeble-mindedness such individuals cannot be considered defectives.
      The Measurement of Intelligence / An Explanation of and a Comple...
      5
      Goddard's findings as regards feeble-mindedness fit in perfectly with this scheme.
      The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
      6
      Organized charity is thus confronted with the problem of feeble-mindedness and mental defect.
      The Pivot of Civilization
      7
      If feeble-mindedness be proved, they will again be set at liberty.
      London's Underworld
      8
      Even the legal tests as to insanity and feeble-mindedness are neither logical nor humane.
      Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
      9
      David's feeble-mindedness was probably only one of the awful results.
      The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 3 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
      10
      Other figures and studies indicate the close relationship between feeble-mindedness and the spread of venereal scourges.
      The Pivot of Civilization
      11
      Extensive data on the causes of feeble-mindedness and excellent clinical pictures of all grades of mental defects.
      The Measurement of Intelligence / An Explanation of and a Comple...
      12
      As regards the CAUSES of feeble-mindedness Goddard's findings are wholly negative, but not less valuable on that account.
      The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
      13
      The measure of feeble-mindedness is usually the measure of unhappiness when the normal and abnormal are in close companionship.
      The Family and its Members
      14
      Then it must be borne in mind that there is no sharp distinction between feeble-mindedness and the normal mind.
      Applied Eugenics
      15
      It is only when both father and mother are feeble-minded that feeble-mindedness is sure to show in the offspring.
      Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
      16
      Much more psychological analysis must be done before the question of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness can be considered solved.
      Applied Eugenics