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♦ mental (1) /ˈmɛntl/A a.1 mentale; intellettuale; di (o della) mente: mental block, blocco mentale; mental faculties, facoltà mentali; mental health, igiene mentale; mental activities, attività intellettuali2 (antiq., talvolta sentito come offensivo) relativo alle malattie mentali: mental hospital, casa di cura per malattie mentali; manicomio; a mental patient, un malato di mente; a mental specialist, uno specialista di malattie mentaliB n.( slang) malato di mente; mentecatto; matto; alienato● (psic.) mental age, età mentale □ mental arithmetic, calcoli mentali (o fatti a mente) □ (leg.) mental capacity (o mental competence), capacità d'intendere e di volere □ mental cruelty, crudeltà mentale □ (psic. antiq.) mental defective, minorato psichico □ (psic. antiq.) mental deficiency, minorazione psichica □ mental fog, confusione nella testa □ (leg.) mental incapacity (o mental incompetence), incapacità d'intendere e di volere □ mental reservation, riserva mentale □ mental test, prova delle facoltà mentali (o dell'intelligenza) □ to make a mental note of st., fissare qc. nella (propria) memoria.mental (2) /ˈmɛntl/a.(anat.) mentale; mentoniero; del mento. -
2 cruelty cru·el·ty n
['krʊəltɪ]crudeltà f inv
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mental cruelty — n: conduct by one spouse that renders the other s life miserable and unendurable and that is a ground for divorce Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. mental cruelty … Law dictionary
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mental cruelty — A course of conduct on the part of one spouse toward the other spouse which can endanger the mental and physical health and efficiency of the other spouse to such an extent as to render continuance of the marital relation intolerable. As a ground … Black's law dictionary
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mental cruelty — noun Law conduct that makes another person suffer but does not involve physical assault … English new terms dictionary
mental cruelty — /mɛntl ˈkruəlti/ (say mentl kroohuhltee) noun conduct which inflicts suffering on another s mind, formerly grounds for legal separation or divorce …
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cruelty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme, great ▪ an act of extreme cruelty ▪ deliberate (esp. BrE) ▪ casual ▪ mental … Collocations dictionary
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