Meanings
nounmental age (plural mental ages)
plural mental ages
- How old one appears to be based solely on mental ability and function.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 心智年齡 /心智年龄, 心理年齡 /心理年龄
- 心智年齡 /心智年龄 (xīnzhì niánlíng)apparent age on basis of mental ability
- 心理年齡 /心理年龄 (xīnlǐ niánlíng)apparent age on basis of mental ability
Finnish henkinen ikä, älykkyysikä
- henkinen ikäapparent age on basis of mental ability
- älykkyysikäapparent age on basis of mental ability
Indonesian umur mental
- umur mentalapparent age on basis of mental ability
Portuguese idade mental
- idade mentalapparent age on basis of mental ability
Tagalog isipning gulang
- isipning gulangapparent age on basis of mental ability
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APA
mental age. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20age
MLA
“mental age.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20age. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mental age,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20age.
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