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mentaleses

mentaleses is the plural of mentalese.

Meaning of mentalese

Noun

mentalese (usually uncountable, plural mentaleses)

  1. (usually) A hypothetical non-verbal language in which concepts are represented in the mind.
    • The concept of a proposition as something that can be expressed by sentences in both Mentalese and, say, English is an analogical extension of the concept of a proposition as something that can be expressed by sentences in both English and German.1964 November 12, Wilfrid Sellars, “Notes on Intentionality”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume LXI, number 21, New York, N.Y.: The Journal of Philosophy, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 657

Noun capitalized: Mentaleses

Mentaleses

  1. (plural) plural of Mentalese (Alternative letter-case form of mentaleses.)

Forms of mentaleses

alternative formMentaleses

Questions about mentaleses

What is mentaleses the plural of?
Mentaleses is the plural of mentalese.
What part of speech is mentaleses?
Mentaleses is a noun.

Words near mentaleses in the dictionary

  1. mental-health care
  2. mentalcel
  3. mentalcels
  4. mentales
  5. mentalese
  6. mentaleses
  7. mentalis
  8. mentalisation
  9. mentalisations
  10. mentalise
  11. mentalised

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