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mensuration
nounC2
/ˌmɛnsjʊˈreɪʃən/The act, process, or art of measuring.
menswear
nounB2
/ˈmɛnz.wɛə/Clothing designed and manufactured for men.
mental
adjectivenounB2
/ˈmɛntl/relating to the mind; concerning processes such as thinking, feeling, and perceiving, or the state of a person's mind.
mental age
nounLow-Mid
/ˈmen.təl ˌeɪdʒ/A measure of an individual's mental ability and development, expressed as the age at which an average person reaches that same ability, according to standardized tests.
mental block
nounB2
/ˈmɛntl blɒk/A temporary inability to remember something or to think clearly, often caused by stress or anxiety.
mental cruelty
nounC1-C2
/ˈmentl ˈkruːəlti/Deliberate infliction of psychological suffering through actions such as harassment, humiliation, manipulation, or emotional neglect, often in contexts of domestic relationships, caregiving, or workplace bullying.
mental deficiency
nounVery Low
/ˈmen.təl dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/An outdated and offensive term historically used to describe a significantly below-average intellectual capacity and impaired adaptive functioning present from childhood.
mental disorder
nounC1/C2
/ˈmen.tl̩ dɪsˈɔː.dər/A clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior, reflecting a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.
mental handicap
nounLow
/ˈmɛntl̩ ˈhændɪkæp/A now-dated and largely disused term for an intellectual disability, historically referring to a significant limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior that originated before adulthood.
mental healing
nounLow-medium
/ˌmen.təl ˈhiː.lɪŋ/The process or practice of restoring or improving psychological and emotional well-being.
mental health
nounHigh
/ˌmen.təl ˈhelθ/The state of one's psychological and emotional well-being; the condition of someone's mind and feelings.
mental home
nounLow (considered dated/offensive)
/ˈmen.təl ˌhəʊm/An outdated and potentially offensive term for a psychiatric hospital or institution providing long-term care for people with severe mental illnesses.
mental illness
nounC1
/ˌmen.təl ˈɪl.nəs/A condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and/or daily functioning.
mental impairment
nounLow frequency (Specialised term).
/ˈmɛnt(ə)l ɪmˈpɛːmənt/A reduction, diminishment, or limitation in a person's cognitive, intellectual, or psychological functioning.
mental lexicon
nounC2
/ˈmentl ˈlek.sɪ.kən/An individual's mental store of words and associated linguistic information (pronunciation, meaning, grammatical properties, etc.).
mental reservation
nounLow
/ˈmɛnt(ə)l ˌrɛzəˈveɪʃ(ə)n/An unspoken qualification added to a statement that alters its literal meaning, especially in the context of deliberately misleading without technically lying.
mental retardation
nounLow (declining rapidly)
/ˌmentəl ˌriːtɑːˈdeɪʃən/A condition characterized by significantly below-average intellectual functioning and deficits in adaptive behavior that originates before age 18.
mental telepathy
nounC2
/ˌmen.təl təˈlep.ə.θi/The direct communication of thoughts, feelings, or information from one mind to another without using the known human senses.
mentalese
nounLow
/ˌmen.təlˈiːz/A hypothetical innate language of thought, a system of mental representation that underlies human cognition before it is expressed in any spoken language.
mentalism
nounLow
/ˈmɛnt(ə)lɪz(ə)m/The doctrine that the mind is a fundamental reality and physical events are manifestations of it; in psychology and performance, the apparent demonstration of supernatural mental powers like telepathy or mind reading.

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