Noun: subnormality
- The state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence)
"The child's subnormality was evident in his delayed cognitive development"
- [archaic] Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
"The school provided special programs for students with mental subnormality";
- retardation [archaic], mental retardation [archaic], backwardness [archaic], slowness
Derived forms: subnormalities
Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, daftness [informal], feeblemindedness, stupidity
Encyclopedia: Subnormality