retardation vs abnormality

abnormality vs retardation

retardation and abnormality both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
retardation	Yes	No	No	No
abnormality	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abnormality is a hyponym of retardation; that is, abnormality is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than retardation:

retardation: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
abnormality: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence

Other hyponyms of retardation include mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, moronity, amentia, idiocy, imbecility, savant syndrome.

retardation (noun)	abnormality (noun)
the act of slowing down or falling behind	behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
a decrease in rate of change	marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities	retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
any agent that retards or delays or hinders	an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
the extent to which something is delayed or held back

Difference between retardation and abnormality

Words related to "abnormality"

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