精せい神しん薄はく弱じゃく

noun

feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability

Dated and sensitive term formerly used in legal and medical contexts. Modern Japanese prefers 知的障害 (intellectual disability) or 知的発達障害. Use with caution; may be offensive.

See also: 知的障害

• かつて「精せい神しん薄はく弱じゃく」という言こと葉ばが法ほう律りつで使つかわれていたが、現げん在ざいは「知ち的てき障しょう害がい」に改あらためられている。

  The term 'seishin hakujaku' was once used in law, but it has now been replaced by 'chiteki shōgai' (intellectual disability).