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senses (n.)
Related entries & more "one's mental faculties, conscious cognitive powers, sanity," 1560s, from sense (n.). The meaning "faculties of physical sensation" is from 1590s.
degenerationist (n.)
Related entries & more "one who believes that the general tendency of humanity in its mental and moral life is to degenerate," 1871, from degeneration + -ist.
derangement (n.)
Related entries & more 1737, "disturbance of regular order," from French dérangement (17c.), from déranger (see derange). Mental sense "disturbance of the intellect or reason" is from 1800.
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collected (adj.)
Related entries & more "having control of one's mental faculties, self-possessed," c. 1600, past-participle adjective from collect (v.). Related: Collectedness.
image (v.)late 14c., "to form a mental picture (of something), imagine," from Old French imagier, from image (see image (n.)). Related: Imaged; imaging.
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