desertion abandonment defection | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility, his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless |
abandonment | the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away |
abandonment forsaking desertion | the act of giving something up |
flop collapse | the act of throwing yourself down, he landed on the bed with a great flop |
creating by mental acts | the act of creating something by thinking |
mental measurement | a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution institution mental home insane asylum asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
mental age | the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test |
brain brainpower learning ability mental capacity mentality wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
mental quickness quickness quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
nimbleness mental dexterity | intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind, nimbleness of wit and imagination |
capacity mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
block mental block | an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do, often caused by emotional tension, I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block |
retardation mental retardation backwardness slowness subnormality | lack of normal development of intellectual capacities |
abnormality mental defectiveness | retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence |
moronity mental deficiency | mild mental retardation |
faculty mental faculty module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind |
vocabulary lexicon mental lexicon | a language user's knowledge of words |
confusion mental confusion confusedness muddiness disarray | a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior, a confusion of impressions |
mental reservation reservation arriere pensee | an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly |
incredulity disbelief skepticism mental rejection | doubt about the truth of something |
process cognitive process mental process operation cognitive operation | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity, an operation that affects mental contents, the process of thinking, the cognitive operation of remembering |
mental note | special attention with intent to remember, he made a mental note to send her flowers |
imagination imaging imagery mental imagery | the ability to form mental images of things or events, he could still hear her in his imagination |
construction mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
content cognitive content mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
representation mental representation internal representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
image mental image | an iconic mental representation, her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate |
mental picture picture impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
psychotherapy psychotherapeutics mental hygiene | the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods |
attitude mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways, he had the attitude that work was fun |
collapse | a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in, the roof is in danger of collapse, the collapse of the old star under its own gravity |
gravitational collapse | the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity, the result is a smaller and denser celestial object |
crash collapse | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) |
mental anguish | sustained dull painful emotion |
psychic energy mental energy | an actuating force or factor |
neurotic psychoneurotic mental case | a person suffering from neurosis |
telepathist thoughteader mental telepathist mind reader | someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly |
mental exhaustion brain-fag | exhaustion that affects mental keenness |
collapse prostration | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion, the commander's prostration demoralized his men |
mental disorder mental disturbance disturbance psychological disorder folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion, a more neutral term than mental illness |
mental abnormality | any abnormality of mental function |
psychological state psychological condition mental state mental condition | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic, a manic state |
strain mental strain nervous strain | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress, his responsibilities were a constant strain, the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him |
mental health | the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment |
mental soundness mental balance | the healthy psychological state of someone with good judgment |
mental illness mental disease psychopathy | any disease of the mind, the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention |
derangement mental unsoundness unbalance | a state of mental disturbance and disorientation |
break down collapse | collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack |