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mentalese

noun /ˌmɛnt(ə)lˈiːz/

  1. A hypothetical non-verbal language in which concepts are represented in the mind.

    uncountable

    The concept of a proposition as something that can be expressed by sentences in both Mentalese and, say, English is an analogical extension of the concept of a proposition as something that can be expressed by sentences in both English and German.

Where it comes from

From mental + -ese (suffix forming adjectives and nouns describing, among other things, languages).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mentalese (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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