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mental illness

mental illness noun: the property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.

Noun

mental illness (countable and uncountable, plural mental illnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
    • Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us.2006, R. Keith Sawyer, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Oxford University Press US, →ISBN, page 87
  2. (countable) A mental disorder.
    • Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It is caused by electrical changes in the brain.2002, Vikram Patel, Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual, RCPsych Publications, →ISBN, page 70

mental illness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

mental illness in Hindi

property (uncountable)
मानसिक रोग mānsik rog, मनोविकार manovikār, मनोरोग manorog
mental disorder (countable)
मनोरोग manorog, मनोविकार manovikār, मानसिक रोग mānsik rog

mental illness in Tamil

உள நோய்

mental illness in Tagalog

property (uncountable)
isipning karamdaman
mental disorder (countable)
isipning karamdaman

mental illness in Arabic

property (uncountable)
مرض نفسي
More languagesFewer languages
mental illness in Thai
ความเจ็บป่วยทางจิตใจ kwaam-jèp-bpùuai-taang-jìt-jai, โรคจิต rôok-jìt
mental illness in Myanmar
စိတ်ရောဂါ citrau:ga

Forms of mental illness

pluralmental illnesses

Questions about mental illness

What does mental illness mean?
Mental illness means the property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.
What is mental illness in Hindi?
Mental illness in Hindi is मानसिक रोग (mānsik rog), मनोविकार (manovikār), मनोरोग (manorog). See Mental illness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mental illness?
Mental illness is a noun.
What is the plural of mental illness?
The plural of mental illness is mental illnesses.

Words near mental illness in the dictionary

  1. mental hospital
  2. mental hospitals
  3. mental hotel
  4. mental hotels
  5. mental hygiene
  6. mental illness
  7. mental illnesses
  8. mental image
  9. mental images
  10. mental inquest warrant
  11. mental inquest warrants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mental illness (page history and authors); mental illness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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