mental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛn.təl/
ipa: [ˈmɛɾ̃əl]
ipa: [ˈmɛnəl]
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: more mental
form: most mental
Etymology: Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…], the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “The Unexpected”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 240:
glosses: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Occurring or experienced in the mind.
synonyms: inner
psychological
examples: text: mental science
glosses: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
examples: text: mental acuity
glosses: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
examples: text: Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
ref: 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
glosses: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
synonyms: ideological
examples: text: the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
glosses: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
examples: text: a mental patient
glosses: Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
examples: text: mental hospitals
glosses: Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
examples: text: He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
text: He went mental on us.
glosses: Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
raw_tags: in the US
examples: text: That was a mental party last night.
glosses: Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
examples: text: mental telepathy
glosses: Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
Derived terms: alpha-thalassemia mental retardation syndrome
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