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語源

mental +‎ -ize

動詞

mentalize (三人称単数 現在形 mentalizes, 現在分詞 mentalizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 mentalized)

1. (usually in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical
   • 1899, Henry Theophilus Finck, Primitive Love and Love-Stories‎^[1]:

     It is interesting to observe, furthermore, that among the higher barbarians and civilized races, lust has become to a certain extent mentalized through hereditary memory and association.

   • 1919, Robert Sterling Yard, The Book of the National Parks‎^[2]:

     During this time also life evolved from its inferred beginnings in the late Archean to the complicated, finely developed, and in man's case highly mentalized and spiritualized organization of To-day.

2. (psychology) To understand the behavior of others as a product of their mental state
   • 1999 November 26, Chris D. Frith & Uta Frith, “Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis”, in Science‎^[3], volume 286, number 5445, DOI:10.1126/science.286.5445.1692, pages 1692-1695:

     Specific impairments of mentalizing in both developmental and acquired disorders suggest that this ability depends on a dedicated and circumscribed brain system.

   • 1999 November 26, Chris D. Frith & Uta Frith, “Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis”, in Science‎^[4], volume 286, number 5445, DOI:10.1126/science.286.5445.1692, pages 1692-1695:

     Next Review Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis Chris D. Frith, 1 * Uta Frith 2 The ability to "mentalize," that is to understand and manipulate other people's behavior in terms of their mental states, is a major ingredient in successful social interactions.

派生語

• mentalization
• submentalize

関連する語

• dementalize

参考

• Mentalization on Wikipedia.