Mental vs Hyperphrenia - What's the difference?
mental | hyperphrenia |
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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, title= Insane, mad, crazy.
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Enjoyable; fun.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
(psychology) A state of mental overactivity such as occurs in flights of ideas or in a manic episode.
As nouns the difference between mental and hyperphrenia
is that mental is moron while hyperphrenia is (psychology) a state of mental overactivity such as occurs in flights of ideas or in a manic episode.mental
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(wikipedia mental)Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* genial (in the sense referring to the chin) * genian (in the sense referring to the chin)Derived terms
* extramental * intermental * intramental * mentalese * mentalist * mentality * mentally * mental age * mental block * mental disease * mental home * mental patientExternal links
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(-)References
* Coleman Andrew, 2003 Oxfords Dictionary of Psychology, pg. 345. *hyperphreniaat Medical dictionary