mentality
mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
the set of one's mind; view; outlook: a liberal mentality.
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Origin of mentality
1Other words from mentality
- su·per·men·tal·i·ty, noun
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How to use mentality in a sentence
It’s not hard to see how a mentality that revolves around seeing what already works and replicating it came to dominate our industry.
Taking your SEO content beyond the acquisition | Mordy Oberstein | February 2, 2021 | Search Engine WatchDuvernay-Tardif entered the job with what he described as a “medical student mentality,” focused on the treatment of patients.
His team is going to the Super Bowl. He’s staying on the coronavirus front lines. | Adam Kilgore | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostThat means pondering what you’d do if certain events happen with an if-this, then-that mentality.
Stay calm under pressure with lessons learned in the world’s most stressful careers | Rob Verger | January 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceYou wonder if one had gone in and we’d been in front if the mentality of the last few minutes wouldn’t have been different.
How do you lose to a team by 44 and then beat the same team the next day? Ask Army. | John Feinstein | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostIn the regular season, the NFL could maintain its next-man-up mentality and plow ahead.
The Cleveland Browns were an NFL feel-good story. Then the coronavirus got jealous. | Jerry Brewer | January 6, 2021 | Washington Post
“After the New York mentality, it is the ultimate contrast to see people making things by hand,” he said.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech | Liza Foreman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWithin the black community itself, the slave mentality is still being battled.
For Republicans, the sitzkreig mentality will only grow after the midterms, even and especially if they take the Senate.
So does his comment about treason, which plugs into the mentality of those accusing the President of sedition and disloyalty.
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago | Lewis Beale | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany found this to echo a Stepford Wife mentality of women: Women like stories and language, not impersonal, cold, manly numbers!
The high pitch represents mentality, the esthetic phases of beauty, and much brilliancy.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickAnd as bronze reflects the light, her mentality seemed to reflect all the cold lights in her nature.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensSupposed religious vocations, especially when of sudden development, are sometimes no more than an index of disturbed mentality.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyHesitatingly she came forward, and Houston's dulled mentality at last took cognizance that a hand was extended slightly.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperBut mentality and spirit cannot be bought—only labour and dexterity.
The New Society | Walther Rathenau
British Dictionary definitions for mentality
/ (mɛnˈtælɪtɪ) /
the state or quality of mental or intellectual ability
a way of thinking; mental inclination or character: his weird mentality
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