Mentality

//mɛnˈtæləti// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.

    "Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work."

  2. 2
    mental ability wordnet
  3. 3
    The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.

    "1978, Edward Proffitt, "Romanticism, Bicamerality, and the Evolution of the Brain", The Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 9, No.1, reprinted in Kuijsten, 2016, page 129. […] the new mentality [of Romantic poetry]...is a mentality of self-authorization."

  4. 4
    a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations wordnet

Synonyms

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brainacuityacumenapprehensionattitudebent

Example

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"It is the particular environment that has shaped the Japanese mentality."

Etymology

From mental + -ity. Doublet of mentalité.

Related phrases

crab mentalitydrawbridge mentalityelbow mentalityherd mentalitymob mentalitypack mentalityplantation mentalitysiege mentalitytrench mentalityvictim mentalitywinning mentality

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