Hypermentalizing

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive mentalizing uncountable

    "Extreme scores on these two subscales reflect two impairments in reflective functioning that are common in many mental disorders, i.e., hypermentalizing and hypomentalizing respectively."

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"Extreme scores on these two subscales reflect two impairments in reflective functioning that are common in many mental disorders, i.e., hypermentalizing and hypomentalizing respectively."

Etymology

From hyper- + mentalizing.

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