Cultural Anthropology studies the tradition and norms of people and the rules they made as how they interact with one another or behave in some cretin ways.
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Cretin
//ˈkɹiːtɪn//
Synonyms for "cretin" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (33)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 25 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- крэты́н noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- крэці́н noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Bulgarian
1 entries- крете́н noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Catalan
3 entries- cretina noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- cretí noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- cretí noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Czech
1 entries- kretén noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
Dutch
1 entries- cretin noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
Finnish
1 entries- kretiini noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
French
2 entries- crétin noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- crétin noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Georgian
1 entries- კრეტინი noun (pejorative: an idiot)
German
2 entries- Kretin noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- Kretin noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Greek
3 entries- ηλίθιος noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- κρετίνος noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- κρετίνος noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Hungarian
2 entries- kretén noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- kretén noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Ido
2 entries- kretinacho noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- kretino noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
Irish
1 entries- creitín noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
Italian
1 entries- cretino noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kretinas noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- kretinas noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Macedonian
1 entries- крете́н noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Polish
3 entries- kretyn noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- kretyn noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- kretynka noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Portuguese
2 entries- cretino noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- cretino noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Romanian
4 entries- cretin noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- cretin noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- cretină noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- cretină noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Russian
3 entries- крети́н noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- крети́н noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- крети́нка noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- krètēn noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- krètēn noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- крѐте̄н noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- крѐте̄н noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Slovak
1 entries- kritin noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Spanish
2 entries- cretina noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- cretino noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Turkish
1 entries- kreten noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
Ukrainian
3 entries- крети́н noun (person who fails to develop due to congenital hypothyroidism)
- крети́н noun (pejorative: an idiot)
- крети́нка noun (pejorative: an idiot)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Can you use "putin" as a synonym for "cretin"?
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When I challenged the symbolism, tried to make the professor consider the book as a piece of realism, he regarded me as if I were an absolute cretin. He got very supercilious and condescending […]
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