"mentality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɛnˈtæləti/, /mənˈtæləti/, /-ɪti/ Audio: en-us-mentality.ogg Forms: mentalities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From mental + -ity. Doublet of mentalité. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mental|ity}} mental + -ity, {{doublet|en|mentalité}} Doublet of mentalité Head templates: {{en-noun}} mentality (plural mentalities)
  1. A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs. Translations (mindset — see also mindset): عَقْلِيَّة (ʕaqliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), մտածելակերպ (mtacelakerp) (Armenian), մտայնություն (mtaynutʻyun) (Armenian), манталитет (mantalitet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), начин на мислене (način na mislene) (Bulgarian), mentalitat [feminine] (Catalan), 心態 (Chinese Mandarin), 心态 (xīntài) (Chinese Mandarin), 心理 (xīnlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 心目 (xīnmù) (Chinese Mandarin), mentalita [feminine] (Czech), mentalitet [common-gender] (Danish), mentaliteit [feminine] (Dutch), mentaliteetti (Finnish), mielenlaatu (Finnish), mentalité [feminine] (French), mentalidade [feminine] (Galician), Mentalität [feminine] (German), νοοτροπία (nootropía) (Greek), mentalitás (Hungarian), gondolkodásmód (Hungarian), mento (Ido), mentalità [feminine] (Italian), 心理 (shinri) (alt: しんり) (Japanese), メンタリティー (mentaritī) (Japanese), 考え方 (kangaekata) (alt: かんがえかた) (Japanese), mentalnosc [feminine] (Kashubian), 심리 (simni) (alt: 心理) (Korean), mentalitāte [feminine] (Latvian), менталите́т (mentalitét) [masculine] (Macedonian), mentalitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mentalitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ذهنیت (zehniyyat) (Persian), طرز فکر (tarz-e fekr) (Persian), mentalność [feminine] (Polish), mentalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), менталите́т (mentalitét) [masculine] (Russian), склад ума́ (sklad umá) [masculine] (Russian), мента́льность (mentálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dòigh-smaoineachaidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), менталѝте̄т [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), mentalìtēt [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mentalita [feminine] (Slovak), mentalidad [feminine] (Spanish), менталіте́т (mentalitét) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crab mentality, drawbridge mentality, elbow mentality, herd mentality, mob mentality, pack mentality, plantation mentality, siege mentality, trench mentality, winning mentality

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
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          "word": "mentalìtēt"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
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          "text": "Our mentality — whether bicameral or conscious — is thus more a function of social context, language, and forms of communication than a hard-wired neurologically-based system.",
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    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "word": "herd mentality"
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      "word": "pack mentality"
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    {
      "word": "plantation mentality"
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    {
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      "ipa": "/mənˈtæləti/"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaqliyya",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عَقْلِيَّة"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mtacelakerp",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "մտածելակերպ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mtaynutʻyun",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "մտայնություն"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mantalitet",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манталитет"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "način na mislene",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "начин на мислене"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalitat"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "心態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīntài",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "心态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnlǐ",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "心理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnmù",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "心目"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalita"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mentalitet"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentaliteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "mentaliteetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "mielenlaatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mentalität"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nootropía",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "νοοτροπία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "mentalitás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "gondolkodásmód"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "mento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalità"
    },
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      "alt": "しんり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinri",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "心理"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mentaritī",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "メンタリティー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんがえかた",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kangaekata",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "考え方"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalnosc"
    },
    {
      "alt": "心理",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "simni",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "심리"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mentalitāte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mentalitét",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "менталите́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zehniyyat",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "ذهنیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tarz-e fekr",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "word": "طرز فکر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mentalitét",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "менталите́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sklad umá",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "склад ума́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mentálʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мента́льность"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dòigh-smaoineachaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "менталѝте̄т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mentalìtēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mentalidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mentalitét",
      "sense": "mindset — see also mindset",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "менталіте́т"
    }
  ],
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}

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