MENTAL STRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental strain mean? 

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

1. (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTAL STRAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

mental strain; nervous strain; strain

Context example:

the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him

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

nerves; nervousness (an uneasy psychological state)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

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

stress; tenseness; tension ((psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense)

 Context examples 

John pored long and earnestly over the inscription upon the back, with his brows bent as one who bears up against great mental strain.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)