English Dictionary

cretin

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɹɛtɪn/

名詞

広義 軽蔑的

(pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. / (by extension, derogatory) An idiot.

日本語の意味

先天性甲状腺機能低下症により精神的・身体的発達が遅れている人 / ばか、愚か者（軽蔑的な表現として使用される場合）

In older medical texts, cretin was used to describe a person who failed to develop mentally and physically due to congenital hypothyroidism.

古い医学文献では、先天性甲状腺機能低下症によって心身の発達が不十分な人を指す語がそのような症例を表すために使われていました。

意味（1）

(pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.

意味（2）

(by extension, derogatory) 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 […]

cretins （ plural ）