Phrase guide

mental illness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mental disorder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mental disease, psychopathy

Antonyms: mental health

Broader terms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition

Narrower terms: megalomania, insanity, psychosis

History

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Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مرض نفسي — property (uncountable)
  • Burmese: စိတ်ရောဂါ (citrau:ga) — property (uncountable)
  • Catalan: malaltia mental — property (uncountable)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神病 (jīngshénbìng) — property (uncountable)
  • Danish: sindssygdom — property (uncountable)
  • Finnish: mielisairaus — property (uncountable)
  • French: maladie mentale — property (uncountable)
  • German: Geisteskrankheit — property (uncountable)
  • Hindi: मानसिक रोग (mānsik rog) — property (uncountable)
  • Hindi: मनोविकार (manovikār) — property (uncountable)
  • Hindi: मनोरोग (manorog) — property (uncountable)
  • Hungarian: mentális zavar — property (uncountable)
  • Icelandic: geðveiki — property (uncountable)
  • Japanese: 精神疾患 (seishin shikkan) — property (uncountable)
  • Japanese: 精神病 (seishinbyō) — property (uncountable)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sinnssykdom — property (uncountable)
  • Polish: zaburzenie psychiczne — property (uncountable)
  • Polish: choroba psychiczna — property (uncountable)
  • Portuguese: doença mental — property (uncountable)
  • Russian: душе́вная боле́знь (dušévnaja boléznʹ) — property (uncountable)
  • Russian: психи́ческое заболева́ние (psixíčeskoje zabolevánije) — property (uncountable)
  • Russian: помеша́тельство (pomešátelʹstvo) — property (uncountable)
  • Russian: психи́ческое расстро́йство (psixíčeskoje rasstrójstvo) — property (uncountable)
  • Scottish Gaelic: tinneas-inntinn — property (uncountable)
  • Spanish: enfermedad mental — property (uncountable)
  • Tagalog: isipning karamdaman — property (uncountable)
  • Ukrainian: пси́хічне захво́рювання (psýxične zaxvórjuvannja) — property (uncountable)
  • Volapük: lanamaläd — property (uncountable)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 精神病 (jīngshénbìng) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Czech: duševní choroba — mental disorder (countable)
  • Danish: psykisk sygdom — mental disorder (countable)
  • Finnish: mielisairaus — mental disorder (countable)
  • French: maladie mentale — mental disorder (countable)
  • French: trouble mental — mental disorder (countable)
  • French: trouble psychique — mental disorder (countable)
  • Georgian: ფსიქიკური დაავადება (psikiḳuri daavadeba) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Hindi: मनोरोग (manorog) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Hindi: मनोविकार (manovikār) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Hindi: मानसिक रोग (mānsik rog) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Hungarian: mentális zavar — mental disorder (countable)
  • Icelandic: geðsjúkdómur — mental disorder (countable)
  • Italian: disturbo mentale — mental disorder (countable)
  • Italian: malattia mentale — mental disorder (countable)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sinnssykdom — mental disorder (countable)
  • Polish: zaburzenie psychiczne — mental disorder (countable)
  • Polish: choroba psychiczna — mental disorder (countable)
  • Portuguese: doença mental — mental disorder (countable)
  • Portuguese: transtorno mental — mental disorder (countable)
  • Portuguese: distúrbio mental — mental disorder (countable)
  • Russian: душе́вная боле́знь (dušévnaja boléznʹ) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Russian: психи́ческое заболева́ние (psixíčeskoje zabolevánije) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Scottish Gaelic: tinneas-inntinn — mental disorder (countable)
  • Spanish: enfermedad mental — mental disorder (countable)
  • Swedish: mentalsjukdom — mental disorder (countable)
  • Swedish: sinnessjukdom — mental disorder (countable)
  • Tagalog: isipning karamdaman — mental disorder (countable)
  • Thai: ความเจ็บป่วยทางจิตใจ (kwaam-jèp-bpùuai-taang-jìt-jai) — mental disorder (countable)
  • Thai: โรคจิต (rôok-jìt) — mental disorder (countable)