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Definition of Mental block
1. Noun. An inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension. "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block"
Generic synonyms: Inability
Specialized synonyms: Writer's Block
Derivative terms: Block
Definition of Mental block
1. Noun. (psychology) Repression of painful thoughts. ¹
2. Noun. (psychology) Inability to continue a train of thought. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mental Block
Literary usage of Mental block
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Regional anesthesia by Gaston Labat (1922)
"at least the dental block on one side and the mental block on the other, ...
mental block (Blocking of the Mental Nerve) The mental nerve is blocked at the ..."
2. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"Too much tension, however, causes mental block. Share these suggestions with
students to help them avoid excessive anxiety: • Get a good night's sleep ..."
3. Equipped for the Future: A Customer-Driven Vision for Adult Literacy by Sondra Gayle Stein (1996)
"... embarrassed, and ashamed. l was once told that there was no reason why l could
not learn to read, it was just that l had a mental block. l believed this ..."
4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1872)
"... to the knowledge which constitutes the mental Block of a man of erudition.
Influence of Educational Endowments. How are we to account for this ..."
5. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"Could it really be that by removing our mental block it would turn the whole
country upside down? Surely it is nonsense to think of the entire nation as if ..."
6. Block anesthesia and allied subjects: With Special Chapters on the Maxillary by Arthur Ervin Smith (1920)
"(Usually accompanies mental block injection.) 2 and 3 represent areas of anesthesia
produced by injecting solution below and distal to apices of right and ..."
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