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mental1 definition

men·tal (ment′'l)

adjective

  1. of or for the mind or intellect mental powers, mental aids
  2. done by, or carried on in, the mind (i.e., without using written symbols) mental arithmetic
    1. of, having, or related to mental illness or any psychiatric disorder a mental patient, mental health
    2. Informal mentally deranged; insane
  4. for the mentally ill a mental hospital
  5. having to do with mind reading, telepathy, etc.

Etymology: ME < MFr < LL mentalis < L mens (gen. mentis), mind

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mental2 definition

men·tal (ment′'l)

adjective

of the chin

Etymology: < L mentum, the chin < IE base *men-, to project + -al

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mental Synonyms

mental

modif.

  1. Concerning the mind

    reasoning, cerebral, thinking; see rational 1, thoughtful 1.

  2. Existing only in the mind

    subjective, subliminal, subconscious, telepathic, psychic, clairvoyant, unreal, imaginative; see also mysterious 2.

    Antonyms objective*, bodily*, sensual*.


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mental Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • absolutely: It was amazing and every time we scored we went absolutely mental.

Modifies a noun

  • illness: The service is usually specific to the symptoms of mental illness.

Used with adjective complement

  • go: The TV has gone mental too - keeps switching from channel to channel willy nilly.
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mental quotes

Whatever isfunny issubversive, every joke isultimatelya custard pie† A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack uponmorality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

-Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair

If a British guy saw someone at the wheel of a Rolls- Royce, he'd say 'come the revolution and we'll take that away from you, mate', where the American would say 'one day I'll have one of those, when I have worked hard enough'. It's unfortunate we Australians inherited the British mentality.

-Packer, Kerry

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