Backwardness and Precocity

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Backwardness noun - Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.

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Precocity is an antonym for backwardness in slowness topic.

Nearby Word: backward

Precocity noun - Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules.

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Backwardness is an antonym for precocity.

Nearby Word: precocious

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Precocity and Backwardness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwardness/precocity

Backwardness & Precocity. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwardness/precocity>.

Precocity or Backwardness. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwardness/precocity.

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