nonintelligence
English edit
Etymology edit
non- + intelligence
Noun edit
nonintelligence (uncountable)
- Absence of intelligence (thinking faculty).
- 1990, Hélène Cixous, Clarice Lispector, Reading with Clarice Lispector:
- To understand nonintelligence, I had to become intelligent.
- 1997, Theodore Dreiser, Franklin Booth, A Hoosier holiday:
- I drew that conclusion largely from the fumbling nonintelligence (relatively speaking) of men and all sentient creatures.
Adjective edit
nonintelligence (not comparable)
- Not relating to intelligence or espionage.