mental faculty
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈmɛntəl ˈfælkəti/
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facultad mental
- In full control of his mental faculties and able to form reasonable responses to questions?
Now those mental faculties, they're not just words.
- Now those mental faculties, they're not just words.
- So she didn't know what my mental faculties were.
- So that requires reason, Raziel, the kind of, you know, mental faculties that we have.
- We like to use our mental faculties just like we like to use our bodies to do things.
- But if he's able to have all of his mental faculties, then you've kind of shown that you weren't criminally reckless.
- Can you lever your whole mental faculties to that point in time and pay attention in a really proactive way?
Examples
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Being incarcerated and not in control of one's mental faculties frightened him even more.
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Can you lever your whole mental faculties to that point in time and pay attention in a really proactive way?
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And that really affects the mental faculties.
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Others held similar views connecting experience with the development of mental faculties.
Academic text (1996) -
Taking time out to do something that helps you feel good can increase feelings of contentment and boost your mental faculties.
Blog text (12) -
He also says this about our other mental faculties, memory, imagination.
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It's a sort of a regression, a progressive deterioration of the mental faculties.
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However... ...I am satisfied... ...that Mr. Harrison's a brave and thoughtful man... ...who is in complete possession of his mental faculties... ...and I therefore order that he be set free.
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She escaped the arthritis that pestered her aunt and mother; her mental faculties remained almost untouched, and her heart stayed strong, with the modest wear of her modest age.
Fiction book (1999) -
Are these the words of someone in full possession of his mental faculties?
Synonyms
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3.0
Ability to learn, understand, and use knowledge to solve problems
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5.9
The ability to think clearly and understand difficult ideas
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5.8
A natural mental power such as memory or imagination
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3.7
The ability to think clearly and make decisions
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3.4
Mental ability to think and solve problems
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6.5
A separate part of the mind that does one kind of thinking
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4.4
The ability to think and understand
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3.7
A skill that lets you think, learn, and remember information
A mind that thinks quickly and makes sensible decisions
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently composed from 'mental' (pertaining to the mind) + 'faculty' (a natural power or ability), so 'mental faculty' straightforwardly means a cognitive ability. This adjective+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be inferable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase mental faculty comes from an older use of the word faculty, which meant a 'power' or 'skill' someone has. So mental faculty is a mind's built-in power, which is why today it refers to 'abilities' like memory or thinking.