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noun 1. Mental activity.

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "Celine's mentation became muddled when she was sleep-deprived."
Play Button "The bar exam requires extreme focus and mentation."
Play Button "It took a lot of mentation to read the health care bill's dense language."
Latin, mid-19th century
Why This Word?
This word comes from the Latin "ment-," a stem of "mens," which means "mind," plus "-ation," a suffix for certain nouns of action. There are many types of cognitive (relating to the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses) tests, but one in particular was developed to test basic mental activity. ...
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