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extramental

extramental adjective: outside of the mind or intellect.

Adjective

extramental (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the mind or intellect.
    • He [Martin Heidegger] was influenced by Edmund Husserl, a German thinker born in 1859 who was soon to become the leading figure of the phenomenological movement, dedicated to the description and investigation of our conscious experience without reference to its extramental causes and consequences.2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), London, page R10

Antonyms of extramental

Origin of extramental

From extra- + mental.

Words that rhyme with extramental

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Questions about extramental

What does extramental mean?
Extramental means outside of the mind or intellect.
What part of speech is extramental?
Extramental is an adjective.

Words near extramental in the dictionary

  1. extramelanopsin
  2. extramembrane
  3. extramembraneous
  4. extramembranous
  5. extrameningeal
  6. extramental
  7. extrameridian
  8. extrameridional
  9. extramesenchymal
  10. extramesorectal
  11. extrametaphysical

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