mental
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Base: mēns
Affixes: -ālis
Inflected forms:
form: more mental
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mental
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: mentals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: 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—!
gloss: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: mental science
gloss: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: mental acuity
gloss: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: 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.
gloss: Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
gloss: Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
pos: adj
examples: a mental patient
gloss: Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: mental hospitals
gloss: Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
pos: adj
tags: Australia
Canada
Ireland
New-Zealand
UK
colloquial
comparable
dated
examples: He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
He went mental on us.
gloss: Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
pos: adj
tags: Australia
Ireland
New-Zealand
UK
colloquial
comparable
examples: That was a mental party last night.
gloss: Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
pos: adj
examples: mental telepathy
gloss: State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: y'all need to fix your mentals
gloss: A mentally challenged person.
pos: noun
tags: India
offensive
Derived words: alpha-thalassemia mental retardation syndrome
amental
bimental
extramental
go mental
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intramental
mental aberration
mental acrobatics
mental age
mental arithmetic
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mental block
mental breakdown
mental calculation
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mental case
mentalcel
mental cleft
mental cruelty
mental deficient
mental disease
mental disorder
mental-disordered
mental disturbance
mentalese
mental gymnast
mental gymnastics
mental health
mental home
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mental hotel
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mental image
mental inquest warrant
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mental masturbation
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mental mediumship
mental midget
mental model
mental patient
mental plane
mental reservation
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mentastics
neuromental
nonmental
physico-mental
physiomental
positive mental attitude
psychomental
supramental
inframental
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