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mentalisation

mentalisation is the alternative form of mentalization.

Meaning of mentalization

Noun

mentalization (usually uncountable, plural mentalizations)

  1. (usually) The ability to understand mental states that underlies the overt behaviour of oneself or others.

Forms of mentalisation

pluralmentalisations

Origin of mentalisation

From mental + -isation.

Questions about mentalisation

What is mentalisation the alternative form of?
Mentalisation is the alternative form of mentalization.

Words near mentalisation in the dictionary

  1. mentalcels
  2. mentales
  3. mentalese
  4. mentaleses
  5. mentalis
  6. mentalisation
  7. mentalisations
  8. mentalise
  9. mentalised
  10. mentalises
  11. mentalising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mentalisation (page history and authors); mentalization (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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