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backwardness vs abnormality

abnormality vs backwardness

backwardness and abnormality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
backwardness Yes No No No
abnormality Yes No No No
As nouns, abnormality is a hyponym of backwardness; that is, abnormality is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than backwardness:
  • backwardness: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  • abnormality: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
Other hyponyms of backwardness include mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, moronity, amentia, idiocy, imbecility, savant syndrome.
backwardness (noun) abnormality (noun)
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
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