mental disease

noun

Any disease of the mind; a psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.

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mental illnesspsychopathy
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Meanings

nounmental disease (countable and uncountable, plural mental diseases)

plural mental diseases

  1. countableuncountableAny disease of the mind; a psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.

    Synonyms: mental illness, psychopathy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny disease of the mind; a psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.

Similar
mental illnesspsychopathy

More synonyms by meaning

nounany disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

Similar
mental illnesspsychopathy
Broader
psychological statepsychological conditionmental state
Also see
mental illnesspsychopathy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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