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mental illness
noun
any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
Also called mental disorder, mental disease.
Origin:
1960–65
1960–65
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World English Dictionary
| mental illness | |
| —n | |
| any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
mental illness n.
Any of various disorders characterized chiefly by abnormal behavior or an inability to function socially, including diseases of the mind and personality and certain diseases of the brain. Also called mental disease, mental disorder.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
mental illness  (měn'tl) Pronunciation Key
Any of various psychiatric disorders or diseases, usually characterized by impairment of thought, mood, or behavior. |
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Example sentences
Paranoia and difficulties connecting with others are signs of psychosis, a mental illness in which people lose touch with reality.
Society has also shifted its view of the causes of mental illness.
Another focus should be mental illness, which is a major source of suffering.
Psychopaths don't exhibit the manias, hysterias, and neuroses that are present in other types of mental illness.
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