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mentation

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Mental activity or mental state, including cognition or, more specifically, thinking.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Recursive by nature, mentation wasn’t going to yield⟳ to measurement alone.”
“Suggesting that meditative training may foster the ability to control⟳ the automatic cascade of semantic associations triggered by a stimulus and, by extension, to voluntarily regulate the flow⟳ of spontaneous mentation.”
“Behavioral economists argue⟳ a worldview based on the notion that human mentation is frail and flawed, leading to irrational choices that fail⟳ to adequately consider⟳ the wider structure⟳ of alternatives.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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