backwardness

Pronunciation:		b'akwurdnus
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

	Synonyms:	mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality

	See Also:	abnormality, amentia, Down syndrome, Down's syndrome, idiocy, imbecility, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mongolianism, mongolism, moronity, stupidity, trisomy 21

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Back"ward*ness\, n. The state of being backward.