mental defectiveness

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mental defectiveness - retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence

backwardness, mental retardation, subnormality, slowness, retardation - lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

feeblemindedness - severe mental deficiency

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Under federal law, "committed to a mental institution" includes only involuntary commitments, including those for mental defectiveness, mental illness, or drug use, but it "does not include a person in a mental institution for observation or a voluntary admission.

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