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Definition of Subnormality
1. Noun. The state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence).
2. Noun. Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
Generic synonyms: Stupidity
Specialized synonyms: Abnormality, Mental Defectiveness, Mental Deficiency, Moronity, Amentia, Idiocy, Imbecility
Derivative terms: Backward, Retard, Slow, Subnormal
Definition of Subnormality
1. Noun. The state or condition of being subnormal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subnormality
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Subnormality
Literary usage of Subnormality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"MENTAL subnormality § 274. Definition of subnormality. — In study of individuals
who are not brought for examination because they are obviously feebleminded ..."
2. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"MENTAL subnormality § 274. Definition of subnormality. — In study of individuals
who are not brought for examination because they are obviously feebleminded ..."
3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1921)
"... machinery of the state, the socialization of which these volunteer groups in
growing measure are helping to achieve. PROBLEMS OF MENTAL subnormality IN ..."
4. The Psychology of Subnormal Children by Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1920)
"Dental Caries, and Defects of the Teeth. Bad teeth have been alleged as a possible
cause of mental subnormality ..."
5. The Psychology of Subnormal Children by Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1920)
"Recognition of Milder Degrees of subnormality. Defectives higher in the scale
than those destined to the ultimate level of five or six years were formerly ..."
6. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"MENTAL subnormality § 274. Definition of subnormality. — In study of individuals
who are not brought for examination because they are obviously feebleminded ..."
7. Jewish Eugenics: And Other Essays; Three Papers Read Before the New York by Max Reichler, Joel Blau, David de Sola Pool (1916)
"The Halacha accepts the phenomenon of subnormality and tries to bring it into
right relations with man; the Aggadah inquires into the why and wherefore of ..."
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