Imbecile vs Foolish - What's the difference?
imbecile | foolish | Synonyms |
(obsolete) A person with limited (l) (l) who can perform (l) and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five to seven-year-old child.
(pejorative) A .
(dated) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak.
Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish , but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
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*(Aeschylus)
*:It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish .
As adjectives the difference between imbecile and foolish
is that imbecile is destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; especially, mentally weak while foolish is lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.As a noun imbecile
is a person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five to seven-year-old child.imbecile
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(en noun)Usage notes
* In modern times, “imbecile” is often used in (l) (l).Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* imbecilic (adjective) * imbecility (noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- hospitals for the imbecile and insane
