Verb

(mentaliz)

(usually, in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical

*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=Henry Theophilus Finck, title=Primitive Love and Love-Stories, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=It is interesting to observe, furthermore, that among the higher barbarians and civilized races, lust has become to a certain extent mentalized through hereditary memory and association. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Robert Sterling Yard, title=The Book of the National Parks, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=During this time also life evolved from its inferred beginnings in the late Archean to the complicated, finely developed, and in man's case highly mentalized and spiritualized organization of To-day. }}

(psychology) To understand the behavior of others as a product of their mental state

*{{quote-journal, 1999, date=November 26, Chris D. Frith & Uta Frith, Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis, Science citation

, passage=Specific impairments of mentalizing in both developmental and acquired disorders suggest that this ability depends on a dedicated and circumscribed brain system. }}

*{{quote-journal, 1999, date=November 26, Chris D. Frith & Uta Frith, Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis, Science citation

, passage=Next Review Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis Chris D. Frith, 1 * Uta Frith 2 The ability to "mentalize ," that is to understand and manipulate other people's behavior in terms of their mental states, is a major ingredient in successful social interactions. }}