mental illness
The property of being mentally illThe property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
» Tom is being treated for mental illness.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
Geisteskrankheit
душе́вная боле́зньdušévnaja boléznʹ, психи́ческое заболева́ниеpsixíčeskoje zabolevánije, помеша́тельствоpomešátelʹstvo
пси́хічне захво́рюванняpsýxične zaxvórjuvannja
(countable)A mental disorder.
душе́вная боле́зньdušévnaja boléznʹ, психи́ческое заболева́ниеpsixíčeskoje zabolevánije
- any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
Examples
42 sentencesTom is being treated for mental illness.
Mental illness can affect anyone.
deJeder kann psychisch krank werden. — Waldelfe
Sami's mental illness drove him to commit something unthinkable.
Психічна хвороба Семі призвела його до скоєння немислимого. — oromashka
Do you have a mental illness?
Apparently, mental illness runs in your family.
Translations
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Forms
plural: mental illnesses| Singular | mental illness |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention:mental diseasepsychopathy
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable