mental hygiene

noun

The concern and care for a clean, or healthy state of mind.

Meanings

nounmental hygiene (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe concern and care for a clean, or healthy state of mind.

    Synonyms: psychophylaxis

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe concern and care for a clean, or healthy state of mind.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods

Broader
psychiatrypsychopathologypsychological medicine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 心理衛生 /心理卫生, 精神衛生 /精神卫生
  • 心理衛生 /心理卫生 (xīnlǐ wèishēng)concern and care for clean state of mind
  • 精神衛生 /精神卫生 (jīngshén wèishēng)concern and care for clean state of mind
Dutch geesteshygiëne, mentale hygiëne
  • geesteshygiëneconcern and care for clean state of mind
  • mentale hygiëneconcern and care for clean state of mind
Finnish mentaalihygienia
  • mentaalihygieniaconcern and care for clean state of mind
French hygiène mentale
  • hygiène mentaleconcern and care for clean state of mind
Hungarian mentálhigiéné
  • mentálhigiénéconcern and care for clean state of mind
Portuguese higiene mental
  • higiene mentalconcern and care for clean state of mind
Tagalog isipning palalusugan
  • isipning palalusuganconcern and care for clean state of mind
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“mental hygiene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20hygiene. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mental hygiene,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20hygiene.

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