State Of Mind Definition
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You are in a thinking state of mind when you are assessing options, deciding on a course of action, working through a problem, estimating the likely consequences. Criminal state of mind involves a mental process by which a person decides to act.It is a basic concept in criminal law that a crime cannot be committed except when overt acts coincide with a criminal state of mind. But what, indeed, is a criminal state of mind?
Dictionary entry details. STATE OF MIND (noun)Sense 1Meaning:A temporary psychological stateClassified under:Nouns denoting stable states of affairsSynonyms:; state of mindHypernyms ('state of mind' is a kind of.):(a state that continues for a limited time);;; ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of 'state of mind'):(a specific state of mind that is temporary)(a state in which one thinks)Sense 2Meaning:The state of a person's cognitive processes. Context examplesI cannot describe the state of mind into which I was thrown by this intelligence.(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)What a state of mind I was in!(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)At all events, my love, said I, Doctor Strong is in an agitated state of mind, and must be answered.(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)I asked him what he thought Ham's state of mind was, in reference to the cause of their misfortunes?(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)Take me, said Mr.