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hypermentalizing

hypermentalizing noun: excessive mentalizing.

Noun

hypermentalizing (uncountable)

  1. Excessive mentalizing
    • Extreme scores on these two subscales reflect two impairments in reflective functioning that are common in many mental disorders, i.e., hypermentalizing and hypomentalizing respectively.2015 December 30, “The French Version of the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire: Validity Data for Adolescents and Adults and Its Association with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hypermentalizing

From hyper- + mentalizing.

Questions about hypermentalizing

What does hypermentalizing mean?
Hypermentalizing means excessive mentalizing.
What part of speech is hypermentalizing?
Hypermentalizing is a noun.

Words near hypermentalizing in the dictionary

  1. hypermelanosis
  2. hypermelatoninemia
  3. hypermenorrhea
  4. hypermenorrhoea
  5. hypermenorrhœa
  6. hypermentalizing
  7. hypermeromorphic
  8. hypermese
  9. hypermeson
  10. hypermesons
  11. hypermess

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