mental block
2 definitions found
mental block - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
mental block
n 1: 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]
mental block - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "mental block":
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
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