Meanings
nounmental disorder (plural mental disorders)
plural mental disorders
- human sciencesA behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.
Synonyms: mental illness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.
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More synonyms by meaning
noun(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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Translations
Afrikaans geestesteuring
- geestesteuringbehavioral pattern
Arabic اضطراب نفسي
- اضطراب نفسيbehavioral pattern
Basque buruko gaitz
- buruko gaitzbehavioral pattern
Bengali মানসিক রোগ, মানসিক ব্যাধি
- মানসিক রোগ (manôśik rog)behavioral pattern
- মানসিক ব্যাধি (manośik bêdhi)behavioral pattern
Bulgarian психично разстройство
- психично разстройство (psihično razstrojstvo)behavioral pattern
Catalan trastorn mental
- trastorn mentalbehavioral pattern
Chinese Cantonese 精神障礙 /精神障碍, 精神疾病
- 精神障礙 /精神障碍 (zing¹ san⁴ zoeng³ ngoi⁶)behavioral pattern
- 精神疾病 (zing¹ san⁴ zat⁶ beng⁶)behavioral pattern
- 精神紊亂 /精神紊乱 (zing¹ san⁴ man⁶ lyun⁶)behavioral pattern
Chinese Mandarin 精神失常, 心理疾患
- 精神失常 (jīngshén shīcháng)behavioral pattern
- 心理疾患 (xīnlǐ jíhuàn)behavioral pattern
- 心理障碍 (xīnlǐ zhàng'ài)behavioral pattern
- 精神障碍 (jīngshén zhàng'ài)behavioral pattern
- 心理病 (xīnlǐ bìng)behavioral pattern
- 心理疾病 (xīnlǐ jíbìng)behavioral pattern
- 精神疾病 (jīngshén jíbìng)behavioral pattern
- 精神病 (jīngshénbìng)behavioral pattern
- 神經病 /神经病 (shénjīngbìng)behavioral pattern
- 精神異常 /精神异常 (jīngshén yìcháng)behavioral pattern
Czech duševní porucha
- duševní poruchabehavioral pattern
Danish psykisk sygdom
- psykisk sygdombehavioral pattern
Dutch psychische aandoening
- psychische aandoeningbehavioral pattern
Esperanto psika malsano
- psika malsanobehavioral pattern
Estonian psüühikahäire
- psüühikahäirebehavioral pattern
Finnish mielisairaus, mielenterveyden häiriö
- mielisairausbehavioral pattern
- mielenterveyden häiriöbehavioral pattern
French trouble psychique, trouble mental
- trouble psychiquebehavioral pattern
- trouble mentalbehavioral pattern
German psychische Störung, seelische Störung
- psychische Störungbehavioral pattern
- seelische Störungbehavioral pattern
Greek ψυχική ασθένεια
- ψυχική ασθένεια (psychikí asthéneia)behavioral pattern
Hebrew הַפְרָעָה נַפְשִׁית
- הַפְרָעָה נַפְשִׁית (hafra'á nafshit)behavioral pattern
Hindi मानसिक रोग, मनोरोग
- मानसिक रोग (mānsik rog)behavioral pattern
- मनोरोग (manorog)behavioral pattern
- मनोविकार (manovikār)behavioral pattern
Hungarian mentális zavar
- mentális zavarbehavioral pattern
Icelandic geðsjúkdómur
- geðsjúkdómurbehavioral pattern
Indonesian gangguan mental, gangguan jiwa
- gangguan mentalbehavioral pattern
- gangguan jiwabehavioral pattern
Italian disturbo mentale
- disturbo mentalebehavioral pattern
Japanese 精神障害
- 精神障害 (seishin shōgai)behavioral pattern
Korean 정신 질환
- 정신 질환 (jeongsin jilhwan)behavioral pattern
Lithuanian psichikos sutrikimas
- psichikos sutrikimasbehavioral pattern
Malay gangguan mental, kecelaruan mental
- gangguan mentalbehavioral pattern
- kecelaruan mentalbehavioral pattern
Norwegian Bokmål psykisk lidelse
- psykisk lidelsebehavioral pattern
Persian بیماری روانی
- بیماری روانیbehavioral pattern
Polish zaburzenie psychiczne, choroba psychiczna
- zaburzenie psychicznebehavioral pattern
- choroba psychicznabehavioral pattern
Portuguese transtorno mental
- transtorno mentalbehavioral pattern
Romanian tulburare psihică, boală mintală
- tulburare psihicăbehavioral pattern
- boală mintalăbehavioral pattern
Russian психи́ческое расстро́йство
- психи́ческое расстро́йство (psixíčeskoje rasstrójstvo)behavioral pattern
Slovak duševná porucha
- duševná poruchabehavioral pattern
Spanish enfermedad mental, trastorno mental
- enfermedad mentalbehavioral pattern
- trastorno mentalbehavioral pattern
Swedish psykisk störning
- psykisk störningbehavioral pattern
Tagalog isipning balatian
- isipning balatianbehavioral pattern
Tamil உளப் பிறழ்ச்சி
- உளப் பிறழ்ச்சி (uḷap piṟaḻcci)behavioral pattern
Thai ความผิดปกติทางจิต, จิตพิการ
- ความผิดปกติทางจิต (kwām-pìt-bpòkgàdtì-tāng-jìt)behavioral pattern
- จิตพิการbehavioral pattern
Turkish ruhsal bozukluk
- ruhsal bozuklukbehavioral pattern
Ukrainian психічний розлад
- психічний розлад (psyxičnyj rozlad)behavioral pattern
Urdu اضطراب عقلی
- اضطراب عقلیbehavioral pattern
Vietnamese bệnh tâm thần
- bệnh tâm thầnbehavioral pattern
Welsh afiechyd meddwl
- afiechyd meddwlbehavioral pattern
Cite this entry
APA
mental disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20disorder
MLA
“mental disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20disorder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mental disorder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20disorder.
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