Backwardness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kənˈæld/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈantɪkwˌeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈantɪkwˌeɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /kənˈæld/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

subnormality slowness retardation mental retardation

Word Forms

retard	verb	slow the growth or development of
backward	adjective	retarded in intellectual development
slow	adjective	slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray
subnormal	adjective	below normal or average

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rückständigkeit

Mangel an normaler Entwicklung der intellektuellen Fähigkeiten

🇫🇷French

retard

manque de développement normal des capacités intellectuelles

🇪🇸Spanish

atraso

Falta de desarrollo normal de las capacidades intelectuales.

🇮🇹Italian

arretratezza

mancanza di un normale sviluppo delle capacità intellettuali

🇳🇱Dutch

achterlijkheid

gebrek aan normale ontwikkeling van intellectuele capaciteiten

🇵🇹Portuguese

atraso

falta de desenvolvimento normal das capacidades intelectuais

🇷🇺Russian

отсталость

отсутствие нормального развития интеллектуальных способностей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पिछड़ेपन

बौद्धिक क्षमताओं के सामान्य विकास का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অনগ্রসরতা

বুদ্ধিবৃত্তিক ক্ষমতার স্বাভাবিক বিকাশের অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்தங்கிய நிலை

அறிவுசார் திறன்களின் இயல்பான வளர்ச்சியின் பற்றாக்குறை

🇮🇳Telugu

వెనుకబాటుతనం

మేధో సామర్థ్యాల సాధారణ అభివృద్ధి లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

मागासलेपणा

बौद्धिक क्षमतेच्या सामान्य विकासाचा अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

પછાતપણું

બૌદ્ધિક ક્ષમતાઓના સામાન્ય વિકાસનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂದುಳಿದಿರುವಿಕೆ

ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിന്നോക്കാവസ്ഥ

ബുദ്ധിപരമായ കഴിവുകളുടെ സാധാരണ വികസനത്തിൻ്റെ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿਛੜੇਪਨ

ਬੌਧਿਕ ਸਮਰੱਥਾ ਦੇ ਆਮ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

پسماندگی

دانشورانہ صلاحیتوں کی عام نشوونما کا فقدان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

落后

智力能力缺乏正常发展

🇯🇵Japanese

後進性

知的能力の正常な発達の欠如

🇰🇷Korean

후진성

지적 능력의 정상적인 발달 부족

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lạc hậu

thiếu sự phát triển bình thường về năng lực trí tuệ

🇹🇭Thai

ความล้าหลัง

ขาดการพัฒนาความสามารถทางปัญญาตามปกติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

keterbelakangan

kurangnya perkembangan normal kapasitas intelektual

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkaatrasado

kakulangan ng normal na pag-unlad ng mga kakayahan sa intelektwal

🇲🇾Malay

kemunduran

kekurangan perkembangan normal kapasiti intelek

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التخلف

- عدم التطور الطبيعي للقدرات الفكرية

🇮🇷Persian

عقب ماندگی

عدم رشد عادی ظرفیت های فکری

🇹🇷Turkish

geri kalmışlık

Entelektüel kapasitelerin normal gelişiminin olmaması

🇮🇱Hebrew

נֶחשָׁלוּת

חוסר התפתחות תקינה של יכולות אינטלקטואליות

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