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In some senses, cretin is marked as archaic, derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
cretin
UK /ˈkɹɛtɪn/ US /ˈkɹiːtɪn/
noun 2name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
absolute
VERB + CRETIN
behave
CRETIN + NOUN
ways
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
2
An idiot.
When I challenged the symbolism, tried to make the professor consider the book as a piece of realism, he regarded me as if I were an absolute cretin. He got very supercilious and condescending […]
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person of subnormal intelligence
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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When I challenged the symbolism, tried to make the professor consider the book as a piece of realism, he regarded me as if I were an absolute cretin. He got very supercilious and condescending […]
Wiktionary02
Cultural Anthropology studies the tradition and norms of people and the rules they made as how they interact with one another or behave in some cretin ways.
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