Minds

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /maɪndz/

Definitions

1. The intellectual capacities that enable reasoning, understanding, and memory play a crucial role in human behavior and perception
2. The collective functions associated with thinking and awareness have a significant impact on decision-making and emotional responses
3. The faculties related to reasoning, understanding, and processing thoughts that influence behavior and perceptions

Etymology: The plural "minds" is simply the plural of "mind," so the story belongs to the singular. Its ancestor is Old English "mynd" or "gemynd," which meant "memory" or "remembrance" before it came to mean the faculty that thinks. The root goes back to a Proto-Indo-European word for "thought," and that same root gives Latin "mens," meaning "mind" or "reason," which is one reason the words look so alike across languages. The connection to memory is the older sense, and it survives in Old Norse "mynd," which meant "image" or "model," and in the Gothic and Old High German cognates that also mean "remembrance." Mind as thinking power grew out of mind as the thing that holds and recalls. English also has a neighbour in Old English "myntan," meaning "to intend" or "to resolve," which shows the same root running toward purpose as well as memory.

Synonyms: brains, intellects

Antonyms: ignorance, stupidity