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mental

B1Academic AWL-5Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈmentl/US /ˈmentl/
adjective

connected with or happening in the mind; involving the process of thinking

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But because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye, I went through a mental shift in my perception of literature.

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