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imbecility
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imbecility: see mental retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living.
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He was always fascinated by a certain kind of accepted wisdom, which shades off into platitudes, cliches, and expressions of sheer stupidity - what he lovingly described as la betise.
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