SLOW-WITTEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slow-wittedness mean? 

• SLOW-WITTEDNESS (noun)
  The noun SLOW-WITTEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being mentally slow and limited

  Familiarity information: SLOW-WITTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOW-WITTEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being mentally slow and limited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

denseness; dumbness; slow-wittedness

Hypernyms ("slow-wittedness" is a kind of...):

stupidity (a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience)

Derivation:

slow-witted (retarded in intellectual development)