theory of mind

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theory of mind (countable and uncountable, plural theories of mind)

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

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