retardism

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noun

Mental retardation

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Meanings

nounretardism (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountableMental retardation

    Epileptic seizures are rather common among the mentally retarded, but are considered to be concomitant with the retardism rather than a cause of it.

    1972, Charles W. Telford, James M. Sawrey, The Exceptional Individual, page 373
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    Chapter titles reveal attention to specific areas of emotional disability, including behavior disorders; symptomatic autism in adolescence; pseudo-retardism; school refusal; anorexia nervosa; and passive, aggressive, selective mutes.

    1974, Childhood Education, volume 51, page 226

Origin

From retard + -ism.

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