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amentia

/eɪˈmɛnʃə/
/əˈmɛnʃə/

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From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”).

noun amentias

countable, uncountable Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped. Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.

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noun the state of being mentally handicapped

Português	amência
Deutsch	Amentia, Schwachsinn
Italiano	amenza
Русский	слабоу́мие slaboúmije, аме́нция améncija

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@misc{amentia_2026,
  title = {amentia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amentia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}