nonintelligence

English

Etymology

non- +‎ intelligence

Noun

nonintelligence (uncountable)

  1. 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

nonintelligence (not comparable)

  1. Not relating to intelligence or espionage.
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