| NOUN | state | mental strain, strain, nervous strain | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress |
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| Meaning | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress. | |
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| Example | "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" | |
| Synonyms | strain, nervous strain | |
| Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
| Narrower | tension, tenseness, stress | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense |
| Broader | nervousness, nerves | An uneasy psychological state |
| Spanish | nerviosidad, nerviosismo, nervios, tensión | |
| Catalan | nerviosisme, nerviositat, nervis, tensió | |
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