Synonyms for "backwardness" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

amentiaantipathyarrested developmentaversioncoldnessconservatismconstraintcretinismdetachmentdisagreementdiscretion

Noun(1 words)

disgust

Strong matches (18)

disinclinationdisobediencedissentdistancedistastefoot dragginghesitationidiocyimbecilityindispositionindocilityinfantilisminsanityintroversionlaxnessmental deficiencymodesty

Noun(1 words)

mental retardation

Related words (30)

monarchismmongolismmugwumpobstinacyoppositionprocrastinationreactionreactionismrecalcitrancerefusalreluctancerenitencyrepressionrepugnancereserveresistancerestraintretardationreticenceretirement

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royalismsimplicitystallstubbornnesssulkssuppressionwithdrawal

Noun(3 words)

retardationslownesssubnormality

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

1 entries

stupidity

Synonyms

1 entries

retardation

derived from

1 entries

backward

related to

2 entries

backwardreluctance

Translations

18 translations across 9 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries

• تخلف noun (state of being backward)
• تَخَلُّف noun (state of being backward)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• изостаналост noun (state of being backward)
• назадничавост noun (state of being backward)

Finnish

4 entries

• jälkeenjääneisyys noun (state of being backward)
• takapajuisuus noun (state of being backward)
• takaperoisuus noun (state of being backward)
• vanhanaikaisuus noun (state of being backward)

French

2 entries

• arriération noun (state of being backward)
• retard noun (state of being backward)

Mongolian

1 entries

• хоцрогдсон байдал noun (state of being backward)

Polish

3 entries

• zacofanie noun (state of being backward)
• zacofanie noun (reluctance)
• średniowiecze noun (state of being backward)

Romanian

1 entries

• înapoiere noun (state of being backward)

Russian

1 entries

• отста́лость noun (state of being backward)

Swedish

1 entries

• underutveckling noun (state of being backward)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The backwardness of that country is well known.

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