mentalizationn.
/ˌmɛntl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɛn(t)ələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmɛn(t)lˌaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Mental action or process; the action of mentalizing something.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > [noun]
mentalization1883
1883 E. C. Mann Man. Psychol. Med. vii. 101 Previous to the establishment of complete delirium or delusions there may be traced deviations from healthy mentalization.
1920 Mind 29 191 In art there is a considerable loss of natural poignancy, which is abundantly compensated in the interpretation and appraisement or, if one may use the term, in the mentalisation of reality.
1958 Philos. Q. 8 48 An essential element in the 17th century subjectivization and mentalization of sensory qualities had been the philosophers' inability to preserve the objectivity of these qualities in the face of questions put by sceptics.
1990 Amer. Poetry Rev. Mar. 53/2 Natural perhaps, but just the kind of ‘mentalization’ Zen masters caution against.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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