mentality

mentality
Synonyms and related words:
IQ, Vernunft, acuity, acumen, apprehension, attitude, bent, brain, brains, caliber, capacity, comprehension, conception, consciousness, deductive power, discourse of reason, discursive reason, disposition, esemplastic power, esprit, frame of mind, gray matter, head, headpiece, ideation, inclination, integrative power, intellect, intellection, intellectual faculty, intellectual grasp, intellectual power, intellectualism, intellectuality, intelligence, intelligence quotient, judgement, knowledge, mens, mental age, mental capacity, mental grasp, mental ratio, mind, mind-set, mother wit, native wit, nous, outlook, power of mind, power of reason, psyche, ratio, rationality, reason, reasoning, reasoning faculty, reasoning power, sanity, scope of mind, sense, smarts, temperament, thinking power, understanding, view, wise man, wit

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  • mentality — in its meaning ‘mental character or disposition’, is now nearly always used with unfavourable connotations, although this was not always so: • I hate the triviality of journalism, you know, the sort of fluttering mentality that fills up the page… …   Modern English usage

  • Mentality — Men*tal i*ty, n. Quality or state of mind. The same hard mentality. Emerson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mentality — UK US /menˈtæləti/ noun [C, usually singular] (plural mentalities) ► the particular way that a person or group thinks about things: »We need to end this credit card mentality and start living within our means …   Financial and business terms

  • mentality — index caliber (mental capacity), comprehension, intellect, intelligence (intellect), sagacity, sense ( …   Law dictionary

  • mentality — (n.) 1690s, from MENTAL (Cf. mental) (adj.) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

  • mentality — [n] state of mind; intelligence attitude, brainpower, brains, cast, character, comprehension, disposition, frame of mind*, headset*, intellect, intelligence quotient, IQ, makeup, mental age, mind, mindset*, outlook, personality, psychology,… …   New thesaurus

  • mentality — ► NOUN (pl. mentalities) 1) a characteristic way of thinking. 2) the capacity for intelligent thought …   English terms dictionary

  • mentality — [men tal′i tē] n. pl. mentalities 1. mental capacity, power, or activity; mind 2. mental attitude or outlook; state of mind …   English World dictionary

  • mentality — [[t]mentæ̱lɪti[/t]] mentalities N COUNT: usu sing, with supp Your mentality is your attitudes and your way of thinking. ...a criminal mentality... Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee …   English dictionary

  • mentality — UK [menˈtælətɪ] / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms mentality : singular mentality plural mentalities a particular attitude or way of thinking, especially one that you do not approve of I can t understand the mentality of these… …   English dictionary

  • mentality — /men tal i tee/, n., pl. mentalities. 1. mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality. 2. the set of one s mind; view; outlook: a liberal mentality. [1685 95; MENTAL1 + ITY] * * * …   Universalium

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