mental illness
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mental illness
noun mental illnesses
- The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole. Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.
- A mental disorder. Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.
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noun property (uncountable)
| Español | enfermedad mental |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 精神疾患 seishin shikkan, 精神病 seishinbyō |
| 中文 | 精神病 jīngshénbìng |
| हिन्दी | मानसिक रोग mānsik rog, मनोविकार manovikār, मनोरोग manorog |
| Português | doença mental |
| Français | maladie mentale |
| Deutsch | Geisteskrankheit |
| Русский | душе́вная боле́знь dušévnaja boléznʹ, психи́ческое заболева́ние psixíčeskoje zabolevánije, помеша́тельство pomešátelʹstvo, психи́ческое расстро́йство psixíčeskoje rasstrójstvo |
| العربية | مرض نفسي |
noun mental disorder (countable)
| Español | enfermedad mental |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 精神病 jīngshénbìng |
| हिन्दी | मनोरोग manorog, मनोविकार manovikār, मानसिक रोग mānsik rog |
| Português | doença mental, transtorno mental, distúrbio mental |
| Français | maladie mentale, trouble mental, trouble psychique |
| Italiano | disturbo mentale, malattia mentale |
| Русский | душе́вная боле́знь dušévnaja boléznʹ, психи́ческое заболева́ние psixíčeskoje zabolevánije |
Talk about this word "mental illness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mental%20illness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mental illness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mental%20illness "mental illness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mental%20illness.Cite this
@misc{mental_illness_2026,
title = {mental illness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mental%20illness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
