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MENTAL BLOCK

Pronunciation (US):

• MENTAL BLOCK (noun)
The noun MENTAL BLOCK has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: MENTAL BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

• MENTAL BLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mental block; block

Context example:

I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block

Hypernyms ("mental block" is a kind of...):

inability (lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental block"):

writer's block (an inability to write)

"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
(English proverb)
"Sharing and giving are the ways of God."
(Native American proverb, Sauk)
"The fisherman is the shark's friend."
(Arabic proverb)
"To make your neighbor jealous, go to bed early and get up early."
(Corsican proverb)

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