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Accurate and proportional representation of women in social systems has been shown to be important to the long-lasting success of the human race and existence.[3] Additionally, a study shows that “absence is not merely a sign of disadvantage and disenfranchisement, but the exclusion of women from positions of power also compounds gender stereotypes and <anchor>retards</anchor> the pace of equalization or being equalized.".[3]
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# retardation

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## Contents

- [1English](#English)
  - [1.1Etymology](#Etymology)
  - [1.2Noun](#Noun)
    - [1.2.1Derived terms](#Derived_terms)
    - [1.2.2Related terms](#Related_terms)
  - [1.3References](#References)

## English

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### Etymology

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From _[retard](/wiki/retard#English "retard")_ +‎ _[-ation](/wiki/-ation#English "-ation")_.

### Noun

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**retardation** ( _[countable](/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable "Appendix:Glossary") and [uncountable](/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable "Appendix:Glossary")_, _plural_ **[retardations](/wiki/retardations#English "retardations")**)

1. The act of [retarding](/wiki/retard "retard") or [delaying](/wiki/delay "delay"); [hindrance](/wiki/hindrance "hindrance").

1. ([acoustics](/wiki/acoustics "acoustics")) The distance by which one [wave](/wiki/wave "wave") is behind another.
2. ([music](/wiki/music "music")) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
3. ([telegraphy](/wiki/telegraphy "telegraphy")) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
2. The [extent](/wiki/extent "extent") to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; [mental](/wiki/mental "mental"), [social](/wiki/social "social"), or [physical](/wiki/physical "physical") [slowness](/wiki/slowness "slowness").
3. ([psychology](/wiki/psychology "psychology"), [dated](/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated "Appendix:Glossary"), [offensive](/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#offensive "Appendix:Glossary"))[Ellipsis](/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis "Appendix:Glossary") of _[mental retardation](/wiki/mental_retardation#English "mental retardation")_.

   - **2014**, [The Eric Andre Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eric_Andre_Show "w:The Eric Andre Show"), season 3, episode 6, [Eric Andre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andre "w:Eric Andre") (actor):

     Me and my friends used to feed [LSD](/wiki/LSD#English "LSD") to this little retarded girl in our neighborhood and we'd lock arms around her and go "nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare!" It actually cured her **retardation**.
4. ([colloquial](/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial "Appendix:Glossary"), [derogatory](/wiki/derogatory "derogatory"), [offensive](/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#offensive "Appendix:Glossary")) Extreme [stupidity](/wiki/stupidity "stupidity").
5. That which retards; an [obstacle](/wiki/obstacle "obstacle"); an [obstruction](/wiki/obstruction "obstruction").
6. ([physics](/wiki/physics "physics")) [Deceleration](/wiki/deceleration "deceleration"); reduction in the [magnitude](/wiki/magnitude "magnitude") of [velocity](/wiki/velocity "velocity").

   - **1960** April, “The braking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 237:

     \[...\] the effect is automatically to select a braking force which is higher at above 40 m.p.h., in the initial stages of **retardation**, but is reduced as the speed falls below 40 m.p.h.
7. ([music](/wiki/music "music")) A [suspension](/wiki/suspension "suspension") which resolves upwards.

#### Derived terms

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- [growth retardation](/wiki/growth_retardation "growth retardation")
- [mental retardation](/wiki/mental_retardation "mental retardation")

#### Related terms

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- [retard](/wiki/retard#English "retard")
- [retardance](/wiki/retardance#English "retardance")
- [retardant](/wiki/retardant#English "retardant")
- [retardate](/wiki/retardate#English "retardate")
- [retardative](/wiki/retardative#English "retardative")
- [retarded](/wiki/retarded#English "retarded")
- [retarder](/wiki/retarder#English "retarder")
- [retardive](/wiki/retardive#English "retardive")

### References

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- “ [retardation](http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=retardation&type=dicts)”, in [The Century Dictionary\[…\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary "w:Century Dictionary"), New York, N.Y.: [The Century Co.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company "w:The Century Company"), 1911, [→OCLC](https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587).
- “ [retardation](http://www.websters1913.com/words/Retardation)”, in [Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909 "w:Webster's Dictionary"), Springfield, Mass.: [G. & C. Merriam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster "w:Merriam-Webster"), 1913, [→OCLC](https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302).

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