Cretin may refer to:

  • Cretin (medicine), an archaic term for a patient with congenital iodine deficiency syndrome (cretinism)
  • a pejorative term, similar to idiot
  • Crétin (surname), a French-language surname

Education

Named after Joseph Crétin

  • Cretin Hall, a residence hall at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Cretin-Derham Hall High School, a co-educational Catholic high school in Minnesota

Other

  • Cape Cretin, a headland in the Huon Gulf in Papua New Guinea
  • "Cretin", a song by Revocation from the album Chaos of Forms, 2011

See also

  • Parliamentary cretinism