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单词 mentation
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mentationn.

Brit. /mɛnˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /mɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ment- , mēns , -ation suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin ment-, mēns mind (see mental adj.1) + -ation suffix.
Mental activity, esp. seen as a physiological process; an instance or product of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > action, operation of the mind
acta1425
stir1563
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mentation1850
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the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > action, operation of the mind > product of
mentation1850
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. iv. 65 The cerebration of each in the prophetic sacrament of the yet undeveloped possibilities of his mentation.
1876 H. Maudsley Physiol. of Mind ii. 133 That substratum of mentality, which is beneath mentation, or conscious mental function.
1885 F. Warner Physical Expression Pref. p. vi I have found it convenient to use the term ‘mentation’ for that physical action of the brain which is associated with the phenomena of mind.
1900 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 537 Successive mental images, successive ‘mentations’ if I may be allowed to introduce a most useful word, made in America.
1903 Dublin Rev. Oct. 269 (note) Subliminal mentation is oftenest exhibited in literary composition.
1955 Science 5 Aug. 228/2 Many workers are now relating the level of activity of these deep structures..to the level of normal awareness..and associate their overactivity with disturbed mentation.
1982 W. Golding Moving Target (1984) 144 The human mind, its whole volume of mentation, still remains the mystery of mysteries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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