state of mind

state of mind

English

Noun

state of mind (plural states of mind)

1. The psychological state of someone's cognitive processes at a certain time; the condition or character of a person's thoughts or feelings.

   Synonym: frame of mind

   • 1976, Billy Joel (lyrics and music), “New York State of Mind”, in Turnstiles:

     I know what I'm needing / And I don't want to waste more time / I'm in a New York state of mind

   • 1987, Red Hot Chili Peppers (lyrics and music), “Funky Crime”, in The Uplift Mofo Party Plan:

     Well, I've committed a funky crime / against a state of mind

Derived terms

• poverty is a state of mind

Translations

psychological state

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 心情 (zh) (xīnqíng), 心境 (zh) (xīnjìng), 心理狀態／心理状态 (xīnlǐ zhuàngtài), 情绪 (zh) Esperanto: animstato Finnish: mielentila (fi) French: état d’esprit (fr) m Galician: estado mental m German: Geisteszustand (de) m, Gemütszustand (de) m, Gemütslage (de) f Gujarati: તબિયત f (tabiyat) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: lelkiállapot (hu) Italian: stato d'animo m Japanese: 心境 (ja) (しんきょう, shinkyō), 精神状態 (せいしんじょうたい, seishin jōtai) Norwegian: Bokmål: sinnstilstand m Nynorsk: sinnstilstand m Occitan: estat d'esperit m, estat d'arma m Polish: stan umysłu m Portuguese: estado mental m Russian: душе́вное состоя́ние n (dušévnoje sostojánije), состоя́ние души́ n (sostojánije duší), умонастрое́ние (ru) n (umonastrojénije) Scottish Gaelic: cor-inntinn m Spanish: estado mental m, estado de ánimo m Swedish: sinnesstämning (sv) c Vietnamese: tâm cảnh, tâm tình (vi), tâm lý trạng thái

See also

• state of being