DUMBNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being mentally slow and limited

Synonyms:

denseness; dumbness; slow-wittedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dumbness" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

dumb (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity)

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