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theory of mind en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking.
   • Older kids understand more broadly that other people have different thoughts, beliefs, and knowledge than they, the landmark of achieving Theory of Mind (ToM). 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 7, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
   • Lack of theory of mind is a classic symptom of autism-spectrum disorders
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The intellectual ability to understand that different persons (other than the self) might have different intentions and knowledge.

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Antonyms

mindblindness

Translations (5)

cmn 心智理論 /心智理论 (ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking) · el θεωρία του νου (ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking) · hu tudatelmélet (ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking) · el νοοθεωρία (ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking) · fi mielen teoria (ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking)