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mental(1) (iou)



mental adjective1 & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin mentalis, from ment-, mens mind: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
gen. Of or pertaining to the mind. LME.
mental breakdown, mental disorder, mental handicap, mental retardation, etc.
R. C. Hutchinson One whose mental growth had stunted the physical. M. Warnock Memory is a mental phenomenon.
Carried on or performed by the mind; taking place in the mind. E16.
mental restriction: see RESTRICTION 5.
Listener Hearing it I could not help directing a mental kick at all those other..plays. K. Waterhouse His mental calculations..seemed to be giving him trouble.
Of or pertaining to the mind as an object of study; concerned with the phenomena of mind. E19.
Characterized by the possession of mind, intellectual. rare. M19.
J. Jones This young man is also very mental His being is riddled with theory and hypothesis.
Of or pertaining to disorders or illnesses of the mind. L19.
mental asylum, mental hospital, mental nurse, mental patient, etc.
b. Mentally ill; mentally handicapped. colloq. E20.
Special collocations: mental age the degree of mental development of a person, expressed as the age at which a similar level is attained by an average person. mental arithmetic: performed without the use of written figures or other visible symbols. mental block: see BLOCK noun 10c. mental cruelty conduct which inflicts suffering on the mind of another person, esp. (US) as constituting grounds for legal separation or divorce. mental defective: see DEFECTIVE noun 2. mental deficiency: see DEFICIENCY 1. mental handicap the condition of being of such low intelligence, or having the intellectual capacities so underdeveloped, esp. through illness or injury, as to inhibit normal social functioning; an instance of this. mental healer a practitioner of mental healing. mental healing healing effected by mental effort. mental health: see HEALTH 5. mental hygiene (measures directed towards the preservation or improvement of) mental health. mental note: see NOTE noun2 14. mental ratio = INTELLIGENCE quotient. mental set the set or predisposition of the mind which governs reactions to stimuli. mental test = INTELLIGENCE test. mental year the average mental attainment of each year of growth, used as a unit of measurement of mental development.
b. noun.
An intellectual faculty. rare. Only in L17.
A mental reservation. rare. Only in E18.
A mentally ill person; a mental patient. colloq. E20.
mentalize verb trans. develop or cultivate mentally; give a mental quality to: E19.