mental
nounEtymology Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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Slang State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.
- y'all need to fix your mentals
mental
adj/ˈmɛn.təl/ · [ˈmɛɾ̃əl]
Etymology Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
10 senses
- 1Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- 2Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as…
- 3Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with…
- 4Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted…
- 5Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
- 6Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
- 7Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected…
- 8Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
- 9Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
- 10Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
› Of or relating to the mind or specifically…
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Relational Occurring or experienced in the mind.
- 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—!1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “The Unexpected”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 240:
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Relational Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
- mental science
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Relational Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
- mental acuity
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Relational Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
- 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.2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
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Relational Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
- the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
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Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
- a mental patient
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Relational Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
- mental hospitals
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Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, Colloquial, Dated, In the US Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
- He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
- He went mental on us.
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Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, Colloquial Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
- That was a mental party last night.
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Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
- mental telepathy
- Derived terms
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