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Meaning of "mental handicap" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MENTAL HANDICAP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENTAL HANDICAP

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Mental handicap 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 MENTAL HANDICAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mental handicap

Developmental disability

Developmental disability is a diverse group of severe chronic conditions that are due to mental and/or physical impairments. Developmental disabilities cause individuals living with them many difficulties in certain areas of life, especially in "language, mobility, learning, self-help, and independent living". Developmental disabilities can be detected early on, and do persist throughout an individual's lifespan. Most common developmental disabilities: ▪ Fragile X syndrome causes autism and intellectual disability, usually in people with XY chromosomes. ▪ Down syndrome is a condition in which people are born with an extra chromosome. Normally a person is born with 46 chromosomes. However, if they're born with Down syndrome, they have an extra copy of one of these chromosomes. This extra copy changes the body’s and brain’s normal development and causes mental and physical struggles for the individual. ▪ Pervasive developmental disorders are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges.

Definition of mental handicap in the English dictionary

The definition of mental handicap in the dictionary is a general or specific intellectual disability, resulting directly or indirectly from injury to the brain or from abnormal neurological development.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENTAL HANDICAP

mental
mental age
mental arithmetic
mental block
mental cruelty
mental defective
mental deficiency
mental disability
mental disorder
mental healer
mental healing
mental health
mental health care
mental home
mental illness
mental impairment
mental lexicon
mental reservation
mental retardation
mental strain

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENTAL HANDICAP

baseball cap
blackcap
cap
crown cap
handicap
hubcap
icecap
lens cap
madcap
Mencap
nightcap
physical handicap
put on one´s thinking cap
recap
redcap
stocking cap
swimming cap
thinking cap
toecap
visual handicap

Synonyms and antonyms of mental handicap in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mental handicap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENTAL HANDICAP

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

Translator English - Chinese

弱智
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deficiencia mental
570 millions of speakers

English

mental handicap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानसिक बाधा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التخلف العقلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

умственная отсталость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deficiência mental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানসিক ব্যাধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

handicap mental
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecacatan mental
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geistige Behinderung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

知的障害
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신 장애
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cacat mental
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khuyết tật tâm thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மன ஹேண்டிகேப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानसिक अपंगत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zihinsel engel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

handicap mentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

upośledzenie umysłowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розумова відсталість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

handicap mental
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διανοητική αναπηρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verstandelike gestremdheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mentala handikapp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mentale handikap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mental handicap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENTAL HANDICAP»

The term «mental handicap» is normally little used and occupies the 108.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENTAL HANDICAP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mental handicap» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mental handicap» 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 mental handicap

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENTAL HANDICAP»

Discover the use of mental handicap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mental handicap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mental Handicap and the Human Condition: New Approaches from ...
This book is not only about the people officially and bureaucratically designated mentally handicapped, but also about how all of us suffer from the limitations and self-limitations which can be discerned from clinical work on the inner ...
Valerie Sinason, 1992
2
The Politics of Mental Handicap
This celebrated book is a plea for the rights of mentally handicapped people - an analysis of why we have denied the mentally handicapped their humanity, and why we so often shut them away in institutions.
Joanna Ryan, Frank Thomas, 1987
3
Psychotherapy and Mental Handicap
This thought-provoking book shows how psychotherapy can be an important and empowering resource for a client group that has frequently been denied such services - mentally handicapped people.
Alexis Waitman, Suzanne Conboy-Hill, Dr Suzanne Conboy-Hill, 1991
4
Dictionary of Mental Handicap
Community mental handicap team existence as possible given their particular disabilities and to minimize disruption of their life the The consequences of such a policy means within community'. providing for basic needs in ordinary domestic  ...
Mary P. Lindsey, 2002
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Mental Handicap: Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations
Dilemmas of Parent-Professional Relations Simon Dyson. grandmother were interviewed. The differences (if any) between the perspectives of the mother and father were not the main focus of research,though as we shall seeseveral of the ...
Simon Dyson, 2002
6
Mental handicap: a select annotated bibliography
229 references to literature about the mentally retarded, selected primarily from the fields of psychology and education. Arranged in alphabetical order by author. Subject index.
Stanley Solomon Segal, 1972
7
Psychoanalysis and mental handicap
In February 1997, a further two-day conference was held in Paris with the financial support of the EC Association for the Research and Training on Integration in Europe.The result of both conferences is this ground breaking book in which a ...
Johan de Groef, Evelyn Heinemann, 1999
8
Left Behind: A Study of Mental Handicap
First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
W. Alan Heaton-Ward, 2014
9
The Challenge of Severe Mental Handicap: A Behavior Analytic ...
The Challenge of Severe Mental Handicap A Behaviour Analytic Approach Edited by Bob Remington, University of Southampton, UK This book is concerned with understanding the behaviour of people with severe mental handicap, and using that ...
Bob Remington, 1991
10
Mental Handicap Among Rural Indian Children
This epidemiological study investigates mental handicap among rural schoolchildren in India.
Anima Sen, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENTAL HANDICAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mental handicap is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The international war on LGBT people
Until 1990, the World Health Organization considered homosexuality to be a “mental handicap.” On May 17 of that year — 17 years after the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Sign language concert reveals different side of Texas State's Brian …
The junior, who is from Poway, Calif., right outside of San Diego, was born with a mental handicap. Guendling didn't speak until he was four ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
3
The Biggest Reason a Child Is Bullied? It Might Be Being Overweight
... leading reason for a child being bulled. Weight was cited more often than race, religion, physical or mental handicap, or sexual orientation. «Youth Health Magzine, Jul 15»
4
New GMI changes ' the right step', but more needed
Under the amendments, 988 persons with moderate mental handicap – but not persons with mild mental handicap – become eligible for ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
5
Court required to release psychologist's notes on accused killer
According to Zimmerman's report, Blackledge only has an IQ of 49, which signifies mental handicap. In seventh grade, Zimmerman noted, ... «Houma Courier, Jul 15»
6
Mark Doolittle: Grateful for help at Loggers game
The young man in front of me was taking an older boy with a mental handicap to his first Loggers game. The boy was visibly upset with having ... «La Crosse Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Medical marijuana and employment discrimination in New Mexico
... due to her physical or mental handicap or serious medical condition, PTSD. In Stanley v. County of Bernalillo, Lieutenant Augustine Stanley, ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
8
IME & INEX To Develop Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnostics
... born with serious physical and mental handicap and as many as one in 30 newborns would develop some form of congenital malformation. «Asian Scientist Magazine, Jun 15»
9
31 Irish women got late abortions in UK clinics last year
... where the law permits an abortion beyond 24 weeks - for example, where there is a substantial risk of serious physical or mental handicap. «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
10
Can you be drunk on your front porch?
But the police didn't know about his mental handicap, and didn't respond well when he got scared. Our neighbor started backing up and calling ... «News-Press Now, Jun 15»

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