intramental
- adjective
- Specialized
- The novel explores the protagonist's intramental struggles with identity and self-acceptance.
- intramental minds
- intramental, or individual
Examples
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Such thinking is joint, group, shared, or collective, as opposed to intramental, or individual or private thought.
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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).
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This mind reading involves predictions regarding intramental minds and actions:
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I am not saying that intermental and intramental minds are the same.
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These are small examples of the various intramental and intermental relationships that become extremely complex later in the novel.
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Intermental thought is joint, group, shared, or collective thought, as opposed to intramental, or individual or private thought.
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I would guess that this passage would strike most casual readers as simply the narrator telling us about the intramental minds of three characters.
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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.
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There is also intramental dissent involved in Dorothea's reluctance to get married.
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Her intramental conflict about whether to pursue her dream job caused her sleepless nights.
Synonyms
Inside a person, object, or system, not outside
Inside a person's thoughts and feelings
Thoughts and feelings that happen inside a person
Happens inside a person's mind and involves their thoughts and feelings
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.