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mental.

Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmɛn.təl/[ˈmɛɾ̃əl][ˈmɛnəl]
  1. 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.

    relational
  2. 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.

    relational
    mental science
  3. 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.

    relational
    mental acuity
  4. 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.

    relational
  5. 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.

    relational
    the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
  6. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

    a mental patient
  7. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder. Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.

    relational
    mental hospitals
  8. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder. Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.

    Australia · Canada · Ireland · New-Zealand · UK · colloquial · comparable · dated
    He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
    He went mental on us.
  9. Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

    Australia · Ireland · New-Zealand · UK · colloquial · comparable
    That was a mental party last night.
  10. 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).

noun/ˈmɛn.təl/[ˈmɛɾ̃əl][ˈmɛnəl]
  1. State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.

    slang
  2. A mentally challenged person.

    India · offensive
Where this word comes from

Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

adj/ˈmɛn.təl/[ˈmɛɾ̃əl][ˈmɛnəl]
  1. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

    not-comparable · relational
    the mental nerve, the mental region
  2. Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.

    not-comparable · relational
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.

noun/ˈmɛn.təl/[ˈmɛɾ̃əl][ˈmɛnəl]
  1. 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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