Looking for a word which means "Slow to understand". Not Stupid, or Retarded. Just a slow realization.

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Thank you

Answer 1

I think the term "realization" itself gives the impression of one forming a thought in one's head slowly, rather than instantly. When somesone "comes to a realization," it means they have had time to think about something before understanding it.

Answer 2

Two words: Comprehend slowly.... so to be slow to understand, perceive, recognize. This leaves out a negative connotation often associated with "retarded".
Comprehend defined:
Text: 1 to recognize the meaning of
Synonyms appreciate, apprehend, catch, catch on (to), dig [slang], get, grasp, make, make out, perceive, see, seize, tumble (to), understand
Related Words absorb, assimilate, digest, take in; know, realize, sense; fathom, penetrate
Near Antonyms misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand

Answer 3

contractible

There may be different notions of connectedness that are intuitively similar, but different as formally defined concepts. We might wish to call a topological space connected if each pair of points in it is joined by a path. However this concept turns out to be different from standard topological connectedness; in particular, there are connected topological spaces for which this property does not hold. Because of this, different terminology is used; spaces with this property are said to be path connected.

Terms involving connected are also used for properties that are related to, but clearly different from, connectedness. For example, a path-connected topological space is simply connected if each loop (path from a point to itself) in it is contractible; that is, intuitively, if there is essentially only one way to get from any point to any other point. Thus, a sphere and a disk are each simply connected, while a torus is not. As another example, a directed graph is strongly connected if each ordered pair of vertices is joined by a directed path (that is, one that "follows the arrows").

Other concepts express the way in which an object is not connected. For example, a topological space is totally disconnected if each of its components is a single point.

Answer 4

two words--cognitively impaired.
dull, moronic, imbecilic, are all words from old medical texts, but they don't sound very kind these days.

Answer 5

Dense, thick, dumb, dim, obtuse.