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Meaning of "feeble-mindedness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS

feeble-mindedness  [ˌfiːbəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feeble-Mindedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Feeble-minded

The term feeble-minded was used from the late nineteenth century in Great Britain, Europe and the United States for disorders later referred to as illnesses or deficiencies of the mind. At the time, mental deficiency encompassed all degrees of educational and social deficiency. Within the concept of mental deficiency, researchers established a hierarchy, ranging from idiocy, at the most severe end of the scale; to imbecility, at the median point; and to feeble-mindedness at the highest end of functioning. The latter was conceived of as a form of high-grade mental deficiency. The development of the ranking system of mental deficiency has been attributed to Sir Charles Trevelyan in 1876, and was associated with the rise of eugenics. The term and hierarchy had been used in that sense at least ten years previously. "Wild card" terms outside the established hierarchy such as idiot savant, may have been used as connotations for varying degrees of autism.

Definition of feeble-mindedness in the English dictionary

The definition of feeble-mindedness in the dictionary is the condition of being feeble-minded.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS


backhandedness
ˌbækˈhændɪdnəs
bloody-mindedness
ˌblʌdɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
broad-mindedness
ˌbrɔːdˈmaɪndɪdnəs
fair-mindedness
ˌfɛəˈmaɪndɪdnəs
forehandedness
ˌfɔːˈhændɪdnəs
heavy-handedness
ˌhevɪˈhændɪdnəs
high-handedness
ˌhaɪˈhændɪdnəs
high-mindedness
ˌhaɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs
left-handedness
ˌlɛftˈhændɪdnəs
like-mindedness
ˌlaɪkˈmaɪndɪdnəs
open-handedness
ˌəʊpənˈhændɪdnəs
right-handedness
ˌraɪtˈhændɪdnəs
roundedness
ˈraʊndɪdnəs
simple-mindedness
ˌsɪmpəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs
splendidness
ˈsplɛndɪdnəs
strandedness
ˈstrændɪdnəs
unboundedness
ʌnˈbaʊndɪdnəs
underhandedness
ˌʌndəˈhændɪdnəs
weak-mindedness
ˌwiːkˈmaɪndɪdnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS

fee
fee simple
fee tail
fee-paying
fee-paying school
fee-splitting
feeb
feeble
feeble-minded
feeble-mindedly
feebleness
feeblish
feebly
feed
feed grains
feed-in tariff
feedable
feedback
feedbag
feedbox

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of feeble-mindedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «feeble-mindedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS

Find out the translation of feeble-mindedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feeble-mindedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feeble-mindedness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

微弱的意识
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

debilidad mental
570 millions of speakers

English

feeble-mindedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमजोर उदारता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضعيف الأفق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слабоумие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

debilidade mental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষীণমতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la faiblesse d´esprit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemah minda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwachsinn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

微弱れた心
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미약 한 마인드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kurang ajar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yếu ớt cởi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தளர்ந்த மனதுடனான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्बलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zayıf kafalılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

debolezza mentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ociężali umysłu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слабоумство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slab de orizont
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρόνοια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zwakzinnig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svaga sinne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svak - mindedness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feeble-mindedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS»

The term «feeble-mindedness» is used very little and occupies the 161.137 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feeble-mindedness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feeble-mindedness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feeble-mindedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS»

Discover the use of feeble-mindedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feeble-mindedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Henry Herbert Goddard, 2012
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Clinical Studies in Feeble-Mindedness
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edgar Arnold Doll, 2012
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Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History
For example, though admitting that "[w]e must . . . take all genetic studies of feeble-mindedness with a grain of salt,"18 H. H. Newman of the University of Chicago proceeded to repeat the program but without criticizing it: Goddard and others ...
Jonathan M. Marks, 2001
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Feeble-minded in Our Midst: Institutions for the Mentally ...
The goal of this work, then, is to examine the meaning of feeble-mindedness in a particular region during the first forty years of the twentieth century. It is a study of the intersection of ideas about feeble-mindedness and their implementation as ...
Steven Noll, 1995
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Feeble-Mindedness: Its Causes and Consequences
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Anonymous, 2010
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The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The ...
What is feeble-mindedness? Medically, feeble-mindedness is a permanent, early arrest of the development of the nervous system, particularly of the brain, cortex, or "gray matter." Pedagogically, feeble-minded persons are those who cannot ...
Margaret Sanger, Michael W. Perry, 2003
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Principles of Hygiene
DD symbolizes germ-cells carrying dominant genes for normal-mindedness as contrasted with feeble-mindedness, transmitted from both parents. RR symbolizes germ-cells carrying recessive genes for feeble-mindedness received from both ...
Thomas Andrew Storey, 1935
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Criminology
Stephan Hurwitz, Karl O. Christiansen. Zeleny explains this downward trend by differences in the tests used and by variations in the definition of feeble- mindedness. It is, however, also possible that the differences are to some extent real.
Stephan Hurwitz, Karl O. Christiansen, 1983
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Measuring Minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the Origins of ...
The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness. New York: Mac- millan, 1912. "Ungraded Classes." In Report on Educational Aspects of the Public School System of the City of New York to the Committee on School Inquiry  ...
Leila Zenderland, 2001
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Studies of Feeble-Mindedness
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Franz Shepherd Ivory, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS»

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Justice can be blind, but it also can be phony | Commentary
... the desire to end the ordeal, emotional and financial exhaustion, family considerations and the youth or feeble-mindedness of the suspect. «TucsonSentinel.com, Jul 15»
2
Judge identifies 12 huge lies about justice in America
... interrogation tactics, Stockholm syndrome, emotional or financial exhaustion, family considerations, and general feeble-mindedness. As The ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
3
Daily catch-up: the feeble-mindedness of 'predict and provide' in air …
1. I haven't read Howard Davies's report on airport capacity in the south east of England yet, but it confirms what I already think. And what I ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Ex-Manchester student pleads guilty to stabbing, trying to kill student …
Defense attorney Cary Bowen had notified prosecutors in early April that he intended to present a defense of insanity or feeble-mindedness, ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
5
How a long-dead white supremacist still threatens the future of …
That allowed the state to sterilize individuals “afflicted with hereditary forms of insanity that are recurrent, idiocy, imbecility, feeble-mindedness ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Sarah-Lee Terrat's Mural Looks Forward and Back
... inherited tendency to crime, feeble-mindedness, epilepsy, idiocy, imbecility or insanity," Stanley wrote in a document included in the collage. «Seven Days, Jun 15»
7
Daily catch-up: £12bn welfare spending cuts – more achievable in …
As a footnote to my complaint yesterday about the feeble-mindedness of “it was the voting system wot won it for the Tories”, Dan Hodges has a ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
8
A brief history of forensics
... be exerted to prevent the free propagation of the stock of those who are seriously afflicted by lunacy, feeble-mindedness, habitual criminality, ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
9
1915–1925: Radicals in a Time of Hysteria
... that it is shared by comparatively few, and that in the present temper it is regarded either as unwarranted egotism or as feeble-mindedness. I cannot, therefore ... «The Nation., Mar 15»
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Victims of Virginia's eugenics program to be compensated for forced …
... which sanctioned “the operation of sterilization” on any patient afflicted with insanity, “idiocy, imbecility, feeble-mindedness, or epilepsy.”. «Lifesite, Mar 15»

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