mentation

[skinem]

men·ta·tion (mn-tshn) KEY

NOUN:

Mental activity; thinking: "The heartless hip analysis of crime is . . . a part of my life and my mentation" (Scott Turow).

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin mns , ment-, mind ; see mental

To much mentational activity at work tends to make me mentationally disadvantaged...in other words, it makes my mind mush (or mushier).

[Slava]

To much mentational activity at work tends to make me mentationally disadvantaged...in other words, it makes my mind mush (or mushier).

So, too much mentation can make one mental, eh? Even to the extent of forgetting how to spell excessive.