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mental retardation vs amentia

amentia vs mental retardation

mental retardation and amentia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental retardation Yes No No No
amentia Yes No No No
As nouns, amentia is a hyponym of mental retardation; that is, amentia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental retardation:
  • mental retardation: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
  • amentia: extreme mental retardation
Other hyponyms of mental retardation include abnormality, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, moronity, idiocy, imbecility, savant syndrome.
mental retardation (noun) amentia (noun)
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities extreme mental retardation
Difference between mental retardation and amentia

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