mental state

Questions about mental state

What does mental state mean?

mental state means "(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic".

What is another word for mental state?

Close synonyms include psychological state, psychological condition, mental condition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mental state a common word?

mental state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.