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mental illness

men·tal ill·ness
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [men-tl il-nis]
    • /ˈmɛn tl ˈɪl nɪs/
    • /ˈmentl ˈɪlnəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [men-tl il-nis]
    • /ˈmɛn tl ˈɪl nɪs/

Definitions of mental illness words

  • noun mental illness any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis. 1
  • noun mental illness psychiatric disorder 1
  • noun mental illness any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people 0
See all 3 definitions of mental illness

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Origin of mental illness

First appearance:

before 1960
One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65

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Parts of speech for Mental illness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mental illness

mental illness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

mental illness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for mental illness

noun mental illness

  • insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
  • depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
  • derangement — Derangement is the state of being mentally ill and unable to think or act in a controlled way.
  • lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
  • madness — the state of being mad; insanity.
All 18 Synonyms of mental illness

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