imbecility
American Heritage Dictionary:
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im·be·cil·i·ty
(ĭm'bə-sĭl'ĭ-tē) 
n., pl., -ties.
n., pl., -ties.
- Great stupidity or foolishness.
- Something, such as conduct or an act, that is stupid or foolish.
- Psychology. The state or condition of being an imbecile; moderate or severe mental retardation.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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imbecility
noun
- Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, zaniness. Informal craziness. See ability/inability.
Devil's Dictionary:
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imbecility
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
n.
A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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imbecility
A state of mind in which an animal does feeble, weak, absurd things and does not respond to usual environmental stimuli. Usually congenital. See also hydranencephaly, encephalopathy.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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