subintelligence

Subnormal intelligence.

Noun

  1. Subnormal intelligence.
    • Boden thinks that he manipulates the subintelligence of primitive peoples, […] - 1999, Scott Michaelsen, The Limits of Multiculturalism: Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology, page 126:
    • Fettretch quoted various case studies and precedents to argue that a person of subintelligence can make a valid bargain and can comprehend the nature of a will. - 2003, Tanis C. Thorne, The World's Richest Indian, page...

Origin

From sub- + intelligence.