Mental Idiot

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• idiot — idiot, idiote [ idjo, idjɔt ] adj. et n. • idiote « ignorant » 1180; lat. idiôtes « sot », gr. idiotês « simple particulier », d où « étranger à un métier, ignorant » I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ (1660) Qui manque d intelligence, de bon sens. ⇒ bête, imbécile,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• idiot savant — idiot sa·vant ē .dyō sä vän; id ē ət sə vänt, vant n, pl idiots savants .dyō sä vän(z); əts sə vänt(s), vant(s) or idiot savants a person affected with a mental disability (as autism or mental retardation) who exhibits exceptional skill or… …   Medical dictionary

• idiot — id·i·ot / i dē ət/ n: a person with esp. profound mental retardation ◇ While the terms idiot imbecile, and moron survive in many state codes and statutes, they are generally no longer used in both medical and legal contexts. The modern… …   Law dictionary

• Mental Pathology —     Mental Pathology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mental Pathology     This subject will be considered under the following headings:     I. Localization of Mental Faculties     II. Causes of Mental Disturbances     III. Varieties of Insanity… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• idiot savant — [id′ē ət sa vänt′, savant′; sav′ənt; ] Fr [ ē dyō sȧ vän′] n. pl. idiot savants or Fr. idiots savants [ē dyō sȧ vän′] [Fr, lit., wise idiot] a mentally retarded person who possesses some remarkable special aptitude, as for memorization or rapid… …   English World dictionary

• idiot savant — Individuo con un grave retraso mental, pero que, sin embargo, es capaz de realizar ciertas proezas mentales no habituales, fundamentalmente las relacionadas con música, solución de acertijos y rompecabezas o manipulación de números. Diccionario… …   Diccionario médico

• idiot — [id′ē ət] n. [ME idiote < OFr < L idiota, ignorant and common person < Gr idiōtēs, layman, ignorant person < idios, one s own, peculiar: see IDIO ] 1. Obs. a retarded person mentally equal or inferior to a child two years old: see… …   English World dictionary

• mental retardation — n. a condition, usually present from birth, characterized by intellectual functioning that is below average: it ranges in degree from borderline (IQ of 71 84) to mild (IQ of 50 55 to approximately 70) to moderate (IQ of 35 40 to 50 55) to severe… …   English World dictionary

• Idiot — For other uses, see Idiot (disambiguation) and The Idiot (disambiguation). An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Archaically the word mome has… …   Wikipedia

• Mental retardation — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F70 F …   Wikipedia

• idiot —    The word is sometimes used alone in a semi exclamatory way, especially when someone has just said something foolish. It is also frequent as ‘you idiot’ and in expanded forms. Thus, an uncle addresses his nephew in Mariana, by Monica Dickens,… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address