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'''Idiocy''' is the severest form of mental deficiency, where the mental age is 2 years or less, and the person cannot guard himself against common physical dangers. This term is gradually being replaced by the term [[severe subnormality]]. An '''idiot''' is a person affected by idiocy. |
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Revision as of 17:22, 15 September 2001
Idiocy is the severest form of mental deficiency, where the mental age is 2 years or less, and the person cannot guard himself against common physical dangers. This term is gradually being replaced by the term severe subnormality.
An idiot is a person affected by idiocy.
These terms have simply become a terms of abuse, in the mouths of non-psychiatrists.
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