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intramental

intramental

9.9
Happens inside a person's mind and does not involve other people
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : intramental
  • The novel explores the protagonist's intramental struggles with identity and self-acceptance.
  • intramental minds
  • intramental, or individual

Examples

  • Such thinking is joint, group, shared, or collective, as opposed to intramental, or individual or private thought.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Intermental thought is joint, group, shared, or collective thought, as opposed to intramental, or individual or private thought (see Palmer "Intermental Thought" and Social Minds).

    Academic text (2009)
  • This mind reading involves predictions regarding intramental minds and actions:

    Academic text (2005)
  • I am not saying that intermental and intramental minds are the same.

    Academic text (2005)
  • These are small examples of the various intramental and intermental relationships that become extremely complex later in the novel.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Intermental thought is joint, group, shared, or collective thought, as opposed to intramental, or individual or private thought.

    Academic text (2009)
  • I would guess that this passage would strike most casual readers as simply the narrator telling us about the intramental minds of three characters.

    Academic text (2005)
  • First, I am certainly not simply saying that the town has an important role in providing a social context within which individual characters operate and is thereby a pervasive influence on their intramental thought.

    Academic text (2005)
  • There is also intramental dissent involved in Dorothea's reluctance to get married.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Her intramental conflict about whether to pursue her dream job caused her sleepless nights.

Synonyms

internal
vsintramental
338 3.5

Inside a person, object, or system, not outside

is limited to events within a single person's mind rather than all inside areas
inward
vsintramental
12 4.6

Inside a person's thoughts and feelings

refers to occurrences inside an individual mind rather than a general private quality
intrapersonal
vsintramental
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Thoughts and feelings that happen inside a person

focuses on mental events within one person rather than involving others
intrapsychic
vsintramental
  • Specialized
1 8.9

Happens inside a person's mind and involves their thoughts and feelings

is about occurrences inside the mind without focusing on technical processes

Surface Forms

intramental positive

Morphology

intramental = mental (semi-transparent) = intra + mental + intra

Formed by the combining form 'intra-' (within) + the adjective 'mental'; the sense 'within the mind' is straightforward for learners who know 'intra-' but 'intra-' is relatively technical.

Etymology

The word intramental comes from intra- meaning 'within' and mental meaning 'mind'. So, intramental describes something that happens inside a person's mind, not involving other people.