mental

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As an adjective, mental means of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. As a noun, it means a plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Meanings of mental

15 meanings

adjective

relationalOf 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, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
Occurring or experienced in the mind.
Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
“mental science”
Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
“"en" - the distinction between physical things and mental ideas”
Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
“a mental patient”
relationalIntended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
“mental hospitals”
colloquialUKIrelandAustraliaNew Zealanddated in the usMentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
“He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.”
“He went mental on us.”
colloquialUKIrelandAustraliaNew ZealandEnjoyable 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”
anatomyrelationalOf or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
“the mental nerve, the mental region”
biologyrelationalOf or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.
Of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks