'mental block' definitions:
Definition of 'mental block'
(from WordNet)
noun
An inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block" [syn: block, mental block]
Synonyms of 'mental block'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnosia,
- block,
- blocking,
- conversion,
- defense mechanism,
- delirium,
- delusion,
- delusion of persecution,
- disorientation,
- flight of ideas,
- hallucination,
- hallucinosis,
- mental confusion,
- nihilism,
- nihilistic delusion,
- paralogia,
- psychological block,
- repression,
- sublimation,
- suppression,
- symbolization