mental.
Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
mental science
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.
mental acuity
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.
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.
the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
a mental patient
Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder. Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
mental hospitals
Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder. Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
He went mental on us.
Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
That was a mental party last night.
Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
mental telepathy
Where this word comes from
Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.
A mentally challenged person.
Where this word comes from
Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
the mental nerve, the mental region
Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Italic *məntom Latin mentum English -al English mental c. 1727, from Latin mentum (“the chin”) + -al.
A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Italic *məntom Latin mentum English -al English mental c. 1727, from Latin mentum (“the chin”) + -al.
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