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mental block

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  • noun psychology Repression of painful thoughts.
  • noun psychology Inability to continue a train of thought.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension

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synonyms (21)

Words with the same meaning

  1. agnosia
  2. block
  3. blocking
  4. conversion
  5. defense mechanism
  6. delirium
  7. delusion
  8. delusion of persecution
  9. disorientation
  10. flight of ideas
  11. hallucination
  12. hallucinosis
  13. mental confusion
  14. nihilism
  15. nihilistic delusion
  16. paralogia
  17. psychological block
  18. repression
  19. sublimation
  20. suppression
  21. symbolization

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. inability

hyponyms (1)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. writer's block

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  • jmjarmstrong commented on the word mental block

    JM is trying to draw a cube but keeps getting a mental block.

    May 25, 2011