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Definition of State of mind
1. Noun. A temporary psychological state.
Generic synonyms: Temporary State, Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State
Specialized synonyms: Case, Thinking Cap
2. Noun. The state of a person's cognitive processes.
Specialized synonyms: Interestedness, Amnesia, Blackout, Memory Loss, Paramnesia, Readiness, Set, Ivory Tower, Consciousness, Unconsciousness, Subconsciousness, Curiosity, Wonder, Confusedness, Confusion, Disarray, Mental Confusion, Muddiness, Certainty, Doubt, Doubtfulness, Dubiety, Dubiousness, Incertitude, Uncertainty, Morbidity, Morbidness, Absorption, Engrossment, Preoccupancy, Preoccupation, Inwardness, Outwardness
Generic synonyms: Mental Condition, Mental State, Psychological Condition, Psychological State
Definition of State of mind
1. Noun. The psychological state of someone's cognitive processes at a certain time; the condition or character of a person's thoughts or feelings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of State Of Mind
Literary usage of State of mind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"... and as tending to show the state of mind of the deceased at the time he was
shot, and, as the accused claimed that the deceased was the aggressor, ..."
2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1897)
"The rationally practical state of mind then is different from the rationally
productive state. Accordingly neither of them is included in the other; ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
""A pretty morbid state of mind it must have been," said Ruth. ... Therefore,
while in that state of mind," I remarked, " had you been one of the laity, ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"It is this deep impression of supernatural truths, which has been so much celebrated
under the name of faith ; a state of mind described as the surest ..."
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