Phrase guide

mental disorder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mental illness

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disorder, upset

Narrower terms: Asperger's syndrome, anxiety disorder, psychosomatic disorder, aberration, conversion disorder, conversion reaction, conversion hysteria, delirium, delusional disorder, encopresis, folie a deux, personality disorder, affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, schizothymia, neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis, dissociative disorder

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geestesteuring — behavioral pattern
  • Arabic: اضطراب نفسي — behavioral pattern
  • Aragonese: malautía mental — behavioral pattern
  • Armenian: հոգեկան հիվանդություն (hogekan hivandutʻyun) — behavioral pattern
  • Assamese: মানসিক বিসংগতি (manoxik bixoṅgoti) — behavioral pattern
  • Asturian: enfermedá mental — behavioral pattern
  • Azerbaijani: psixi pozuntu — behavioral pattern
  • Bashkir: психик ауырыу (psixik awırıw) — behavioral pattern
  • Bashkir: психик ҡаҡшау (psixik qaqşaw) — behavioral pattern
  • Basque: buruko gaitz — behavioral pattern
  • Belarusian: псіхічны разлад (psixičny razlad) — behavioral pattern
  • Bengali: মানসিক রোগ (manôśik rog) — behavioral pattern
  • Bengali: মানসিক ব্যাধি (manośik bêdhi) — behavioral pattern
  • Bulgarian: психично разстройство (psihično razstrojstvo) — behavioral pattern
  • Catalan: trastorn mental — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Cantonese: 精神障礙 /精神障碍 (zing1 san4 zoeng3 ngoi6) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Cantonese: 精神疾病 (zing1 san4 zat6 beng6) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Cantonese: 精神紊亂 /精神紊乱 (zing1 san4 man6 lyun6) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese: cheng-sîn-pēn — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神失常 (jīngshén shīcháng) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心理疾患 (xīnlǐ jíhuàn) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心理障碍 (xīnlǐ zhàng'ài) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神障碍 (jīngshén zhàng'ài) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心理病 (xīnlǐ bìng) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心理疾病 (xīnlǐ jíbìng) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神疾病 (jīngshén jíbìng) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神病 (jīngshénbìng) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神經病 /神经病 (shénjīngbìng) — behavioral pattern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神異常 /精神异常 (jīngshén yìcháng) — behavioral pattern
  • Czech: duševní porucha — behavioral pattern
  • Danish: psykisk sygdom — behavioral pattern
  • Dutch: psychische aandoening — behavioral pattern
  • Esperanto: psika malsano — behavioral pattern
  • Estonian: psüühikahäire — behavioral pattern
  • Finnish: mielisairaus — behavioral pattern
  • Finnish: mielenterveyden häiriö — behavioral pattern
  • French: trouble psychique — behavioral pattern
  • French: trouble mental — behavioral pattern
  • Galician: enfermidade mental — behavioral pattern
  • Georgian: ფსიქიკური დაავადება (psikiḳuri daavadeba) — behavioral pattern
  • Georgian: ფსიქიკური დარღვევა (psikiḳuri darɣveva) — behavioral pattern
  • Georgian: ფსიქიკური აშლილობა (psikiḳuri ašliloba) — behavioral pattern
  • Georgian: სულიერი აშლილობა (sulieri ašliloba) — behavioral pattern
  • German: psychische Störung — behavioral pattern
  • German: seelische Störung — behavioral pattern
  • Greek: ψυχική ασθένεια (psychikí asthéneia) — behavioral pattern
  • Hebrew: הַפְרָעָה נַפְשִׁית (hafra'á nafshit) — behavioral pattern
  • Hindi: मानसिक रोग (mānsik rog) — behavioral pattern
  • Hindi: मनोरोग (manorog) — behavioral pattern
  • Hindi: मनोविकार (manovikār) — behavioral pattern
  • Hungarian: mentális zavar — behavioral pattern
  • Icelandic: geðsjúkdómur — behavioral pattern
  • Indonesian: gangguan mental — behavioral pattern
  • Indonesian: gangguan jiwa — behavioral pattern
  • Italian: disturbo mentale — behavioral pattern
  • Japanese: 精神障害 (seishin shōgai) — behavioral pattern
  • Kazakh: психикалық ширығу (psixikalyq şiryğu) — behavioral pattern
  • Korean: 정신 질환 (jeongsin jilhwan) — behavioral pattern
  • Central Kurdish: پەشێوییِ دەروونی (peşêwîyi derûnî) — behavioral pattern
  • Kyrgyz: психикалык оору (psihikalık ooru) — behavioral pattern
  • Lithuanian: psichikos sutrikimas — behavioral pattern
  • Malay: gangguan mental — behavioral pattern
  • Malay: kecelaruan mental — behavioral pattern
  • Nepali: मानसिक रोग (mānasik rog) — behavioral pattern
  • Newar: मानसिक ल्वय् (mānasika lwaê) — behavioral pattern
  • Norwegian Bokmål: psykisk lidelse — behavioral pattern
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: psykisk liding — behavioral pattern
  • Occitan: malautiá mentala — behavioral pattern
  • Odia: ମାନସିକ ରୋଗ (mānasika roga) — behavioral pattern
  • Persian: بیماری روانی — behavioral pattern
  • Polish: zaburzenie psychiczne — behavioral pattern
  • Polish: choroba psychiczna — behavioral pattern
  • Portuguese: transtorno mental — behavioral pattern
  • Punjabi: ذہنی توازن وگڑنا (ẕhnī toāzn vgṛnā) — behavioral pattern
  • Romanian: tulburare psihică — behavioral pattern
  • Romanian: boală mintală — behavioral pattern
  • Russian: психи́ческое расстро́йство (psixíčeskoje rasstrójstvo) — behavioral pattern
  • Serbo-Croatian: duševna bolest — behavioral pattern
  • Sinhalese: මානසික අක්රමතා (mānasika akramatā) — behavioral pattern
  • Slovak: duševná porucha — behavioral pattern
  • Slovene: duševna motnja — behavioral pattern
  • Spanish: enfermedad mental — behavioral pattern
  • Spanish: trastorno mental — behavioral pattern
  • Swedish: psykisk störning — behavioral pattern
  • Tagalog: isipning balatian — behavioral pattern
  • Tajik: бемориҳои рӯҳӣ (bemoriho-yi rühi) — behavioral pattern
  • Tamil: உளப் பிறழ்ச்சி (uḷap piṟaḻcci) — behavioral pattern
  • Telugu: మానసిక రుగ్మత (mānasika rugmata) — behavioral pattern
  • Thai: ความผิดปกติทางจิต (kwām-pìt-bpòkgàdtì-tāng-jìt) — behavioral pattern
  • Thai: จิตพิการ — behavioral pattern
  • Turkish: ruhsal bozukluk — behavioral pattern
  • Ukrainian: психічний розлад (psyxičnyj rozlad) — behavioral pattern
  • Urdu: اضطراب عقلی — behavioral pattern
  • Uzbek: ruhiy kasallik — behavioral pattern
  • Vietnamese: bệnh tâm thần — behavioral pattern
  • Welsh: afiechyd meddwl — behavioral pattern