Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retardism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-tardism
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mental retardation

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From retard + -ism.

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Usage

Questions

What does retardism mean?
Mental retardation
Where does retardism come from?
From retard + -ism.

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