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henkinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • intellectual adj Relating to the ability to think and reason, rather than to emotions or physical skill.
  • mental adj Relating to the mind, thinking, or intellectual activity, rather than the body.
  • psychical adj Performed by or pertaining to the psyche (the mind, spirit, or both): mental, psychic.
  • spiritual adjective Relating to the soul, religion, or matters beyond the physical world.
  • spiritualist noun Someone who believes it's possible to communicate with the spirits of the dead.

Senses

henkinen is used for these senses in English:

  • intellectual Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
  • intellectual Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
  • intellectual Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
  • mental (relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
  • spiritual Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
  • spiritual Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
  • spiritualist Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.

intellectual — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the ability to think and reason, rather than to emotions or physical skill.
  2. noun A person who engages seriously with ideas, learning, or scholarly matters.

mental — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the mind, thinking, or intellectual activity, rather than the body.
  2. adj Relating to a psychiatric illness or condition.
  3. adj (informal) Wild, crazy, or extreme, sometimes in a fun way.

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