'Imbecility' definitions:
Definition of 'imbecility'
From: WordNet
noun
Retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
noun
Definition of 'Imbecility'
From: GCIDE
- Imbecility \Im`be*cil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Imbecilities. [L. imbecillitas: cf. F. imb['e]cillit['e].] The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind. [1913 Webster]
- Cruelty . . . argues not only a depravedness of nature, but also a meanness of courage and imbecility of mind. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This term is used specifically to denote natural weakness of the mental faculties, affecting one's power to act reasonably or intelligently.
- Syn: Debility; infirmity; weakness; feebleness; impotence. See Debility. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imbecility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amentia,
- arrested development,
- asininity,
- backwardness,
- battiness,
- blithering idiocy,
- brainlessness,
- buffoonery,
- clownishness,
- crackpottedness,
- crankiness,
- craziness,
- cretinism,
- daffiness,
- desipience,
- disability,
- disablement,
- disqualification,
- eccentricity,
- fatuity,
- fatuousness,
- folly,
- foolery,
- foolheadedness,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- giddiness,
- goofiness,
- half-wittedness,
- idiocy,
- idiotism,
- inability,
- inadequacy,
- inanity,
- incapability,
- incapacitation,
- incapacity,
- incompetence,
- incompetency,
- inefficiency,
- ineptitude,
- infancy,
- infantilism,
- inferiority,
- insanity,
- insufficiency,
- legal incapacity,
- lunacy,
- madness,
- mental defectiveness,
- mental deficiency,
- mental handicap,
- mental retardation,
- mindlessness,
- minority,
- mongolianism,
- mongolism,
- mongoloid idiocy,
- moronism,
- moronity,
- niaiserie,
- nugacity,
- nuttiness,
- profound idiocy,
- queerness,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- sappiness,
- screwiness,
- senselessness,
- silliness,
- simple-wittedness,
- simplemindedness,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- stupidity,
- subnormality,
- thoughtlessness,
- triflingness,
- triviality,
- unfitness,
- wackiness,
- wardship,
- weirdness,
- witlessness,
- zaniness,
- zanyism