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idiocy vs backwardness

backwardness vs idiocy

idiocy and backwardness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
idiocy Yes No No No
backwardness Yes No No No
As nouns, backwardness is a hypernym of idiocy; that is, backwardness is a word with a broader meaning than idiocy:
  • idiocy: extreme mental retardation
  • backwardness: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
Other hypernyms of idiocy include mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality.
idiocy (noun) backwardness (noun)
extreme mental retardation lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
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