Synonyms of mental deficiency

mental deficiency

noun

as in mental retardation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mental retardation
• inaneness
• irrationality
• dippiness
• unreasonableness
• fallacy
• nonsensicalness
• idiocy
• craziness
• balminess
• dottiness
• wackiness
• fatuousness
• absurdity
• nincompoopery
• preposterousness
• zaniness
• daftness
• doltishness
• gormlessness
• lunacy
• feeblemindedness
• nuttiness
• insanity
• madness
• inanity
• dullness
• dulness
• silliness
• dopiness
• obtuseness
• boneheadedness
• slowness
• thickness
• folly
• asininity
• simplemindedness
• denseness
• simplicity
• density
• dim-wittedness
• mindlessness
• dumbness
• dorkiness
• stupidness
• oafishness
• witlessness
• weak-mindedness
• stupidity
• foolishness
• brainlessness
• vacuity
• fatuity
• senselessness
• simpleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligence
• brightness
• brilliance
• quickness
• perception
• judgment
• sharpness
• cleverness
• insight
• judgement
• smartness
• keenness
• alertness
• perspicacity
• acumen
• astuteness
• discernment
• wisdom
• quick-wittedness
• braininess
• wit
• validity
• sagacity
• rationality
• percipience
• sageness
• soundness
• reasonableness
• rationalness
• logicalness
• sapience
• logicality

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of mental deficiency

Now that White's execution has been scheduled again, his attorneys are continuing arguments that police took advantage of White's mental deficiencies to elicit a confession without an attorney present. —Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Oct. 2024

Federal authorities supported a sentence of life in prison after medical experts concluded Crusius has serious mental deficiencies. —David Nakamura, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023

The News & Observer did a fact check of a charge by Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., who repeatedly accused the former vice president of mental deficiency. —Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 19 July 2020

There doesn’t seem to be any negative neurological signs yet for physical or mental deficiencies. —Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2019

Look at the real-world results of Donald Trump's erratic behavior, whether through mental deficiency or moral deficiency or some combination thereof. —NBC News, 25 Aug. 2019

Then English gave his closing arguments, saying that McCoy was guilty, but only of second-degree murder, because of mental deficiencies. —Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2018