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Meanings of imbecile in English
Term once used in psychiatry to describe people of moderately low intelligence.
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Examples for "imbecility"
Examples for "imbecility"
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Men are thus nurtured in imbecility, from the dawn of social life.
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If Nietzsche had not ended in imbecility, Nietzscheism would end in imbecility.
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There is so much imbecility in the air that one gets ferocious.
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The imbecility of the King was little capable of repairing this misfortune.
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Thus was the pretension of State Rights made the apology for imbecility.
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Clinical manifestations included moderate mental retardation, destructive behavior, and minor physical anomalies.
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Results: The clinical picture was characterized by bilateral congenital cataract, developmental delay, and slowly progressive neurological impairment with spasticity, cerebellar ataxia, and mild-to- moderate mental retardation.
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Macrocytic anemia was present in 8 cases and sub-clinical hypothyroidism in 5 cases, and mild to moderate mental retardation in 4 cases.
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Well, in Fragile X, the consequence is-orwas, before we learned to repair it- moderatemental retardation.
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The patient shows severe mental retardation, congenital heart malformations, nephropathy, and other congenital anomalies.
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These disorders range from mild Asperger's Syndrome to severe mental retardation and social disability.
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Mutant mice have impaired spatial memory, and σ1B-deficient humans have a severe mental retardation.
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The characteristic phenotype of AS is severe mental retardation, ataxic gait, tremulousness, and jerky movements.
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Lissencephaly is a human brain malformation manifested by a smooth cerebral surface and severe mental retardation.
Usage of imbecile in English
1
Godoy reigned in Spain under the name of the imbecile Charles IV.
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At the end of it is the imbecile death of the nation.
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It is only the imbecile who does not succeed in doing so.
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The imbecile baron then got out; his shoulder was out of joint.
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The mother almost became an imbecile after the birth of the monster.
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I stripped him to his skin; he only laughed like an imbecile.
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Hawkins speaks one word at a time, as if to an imbecile.
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Thank God for Jones, and for his being such a perfect imbecile.
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She stared at her son, swaying backwards and forwards in imbecile misery.
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At the bottom of the Abyss they are feeble, besotted, and imbecile.
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Her serious expression extinguished the imbecile grin of which I was conscious.
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Zere ees nobody alive now but possibly zee imbecile ees still living.
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The Emperor Claudius played like an imbecile, and Nero like a madman.
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And all of us save Trampas fell into fits of imbecile laughter.
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After that, a gibbering imbecile, he went to live in Bughouse Alley.
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This imbecile little dog was not possessed of much delicacy of feeling.
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Imbecile through the time
Imbecile across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common