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Meanings of
imbecility
in English
Portuguese
estupidez
Catalan
tonteria
Spanish
tontería
Back to the meaning
A stupid mistake.
folly
stupidity
foolishness
betise
Portuguese
estupidez
Usage of
imbecility
in English
1
Men are thus nurtured in
imbecility
,
from the dawn of social life.
2
If Nietzsche had not ended in
imbecility
,
Nietzscheism would end in
imbecility
.
3
There is so much
imbecility
in the air that one gets ferocious.
4
The
imbecility
of the King was little capable of repairing this misfortune.
5
Thus was the pretension of State Rights made the apology for
imbecility
.
6
The
imbecility
of our government even forbids them to treat with us.
7
For his accomplices various excuses may be urged; ignorance,
imbecility
,
religious bigotry.
8
If it is his mind, it will degenerate into
imbecility
and madness.
9
We are informed that
imbecility
,
in itself, is not synonymous with badness.
10
Still she was neither mystical nor exaggerated; her mental
imbecility
denying both.
11
He would demonstrate their
imbecility
and his own greatness by his works.
12
Sometimes it was through malice, but more often through sheer insentient
imbecility
.
13
The same helpless
imbecility
,
which had characterized every movement, again showed itself.
14
For two years more he lingered, sinking slowly into unconsciousness and
imbecility
.
15
He moved away reluctantly, and again she almost laughed at his
imbecility
.
16
The invaders were outraged by this cruel
imbecility
,
and ventured to protest.
Other examples for "imbecility"
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About this term
imbecility
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
mental imbecility
utter imbecility
own imbecility
human imbecility
hopeless imbecility
More collocations
Translations for
imbecility
Portuguese
estupidez
burrice
Catalan
tonteria
imbecil·litat
estupidesa
Spanish
tontería
disparate
imbecilidad
estupidez
insensatez
Imbecility
through the time
Imbecility
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common