MENTAL BLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental block mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTAL BLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

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:

block; mental 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)