mentation

men·ta·tion

M0221900 (mĕn-tā′shən)n. Mental activity; thinking: "Having made this quantum leap in mentation ... [I] could not halt the involuntary chain of mental hypotheses triggered off in my brain" (Philip K. Dick).

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[From Latin mēns, ment-, mind; see mental¹.]

mentation

(mɛnˈteɪʃən) nthe process or result of mental activity

men•ta•tion

(mɛnˈteɪ ʃən)

n. mental activity. [1840–50; < Latin ment- (s. of mēns) mind + -ation]

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mentation - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"cerebration, intellection, thinking, thought process, thoughthigher cognitive process - cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to usefree association - a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequencemental synthesis, construction - the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thoughtabstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning - thinking that is coherent and logicalline of thought - a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or grouptrain of thought, thread - the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"mysticism - obscure or irrational thoughtideation - the process of forming and relating ideasconsideration - the process of giving careful thought to somethingexcogitation - thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of itexplanation - thought that makes something comprehensibleplanning, preparation, provision - the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"problem solving - the thought processes involved in solving a problemconvergent thinking - thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution)divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking - thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity