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mental
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[ adjective ] involving the mind or an intellectual process
Examples "mental images of happy times" "mental calculations" "in a terrible mental state" "mental suffering" "free from mental defects" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)And when psychology explains glibly , `` but the subconscious_mind is able to produce it '' it refers to a mental region so vaguely identified that it may embrace the entire universal mind as conceivably as part of the individual mind . Is a dream simply a mental or cerebral movie ? (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)In_view_of the important role which emotional_disturbances play in the genesis of neurotic and psychotic disorders and the parallelism observed between autonomic states and psychological behavior in several instances , it is further suggested that a hypothalamic imbalance may play an important role in initiating mental changes . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The significant things in it , at the higher religious levels , are the inner emotional , mental , and spiritual occurrences that fill the pressing human needs of self-preservation , self pacification , and self completion . Related terms physical psychological psychic intellectual intellectual psychogenic moral |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to the mind
Examples "mental powers" "mental development" "mental hygiene" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)His petition charged mental cruelty . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] affected by a disorder of the mind
Examples "a mental patient" "mental illness" Related terms |
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