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CRETIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cretin mean?
• CRETIN (noun)
The noun CRETIN has 1 sense:
1. a person of subnormal intelligence
Familiarity information: CRETIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person of subnormal intelligence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
changeling; cretin; half-wit; idiot; imbecile; moron; retard
Hypernyms ("cretin" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cretin"):
mongoloid (a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive))
Derivation:
cretinous (afflicted with cretinism)
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