mental illness

men·tal ill·ness

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [men-tl il-nis]
- /ˈmɛn tl ˈɪl nɪs/
- /ˈmentl ˈɪlnəs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [men-tl il-nis]
- /ˈmɛn tl ˈɪl nɪs/

Definitions of mental illness words

noun mental illness any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis. 1
noun mental illness psychiatric disorder 1
noun mental illness any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people 0

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Origin of mental illness

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65

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Parts of speech for Mental illness

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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mental illness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

mental illness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for mental illness

noun mental illness

insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
derangement — Derangement is the state of being mentally ill and unable to think or act in a controlled way.
lunacy — insanity; mental disorder.
madness — the state of being mad; insanity.

All 18 Synonyms of mental illness

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