Definitions for Mentality
mɛnˈtæl ɪ timen·tal·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-setnoun

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

2. brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, witnoun

   mental ability

   "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mentalitynoun

   A mindset; a way of thinking.

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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mentality

   A mindset is an "established set of attitudes, esp. regarded as typical of a particular group's social or cultural values; the outlook, philosophy, or values of a person; (now also more generally) frame of mind, attitude, [and] disposition." It may also arise from a person's worldview or philosophy of life.A firmly-established mindset could create an incentive to adopt (or accept) previous behaviors, choices, or tools, sometimes known as cognitive inertia or "groupthink." Within these concepts, it may be difficult to counteract its effects on analysis and decision-making.In cognitive psychology, a mindset is the cognitive process activated in response to a given task (French, 2016). According to French and Chang (2016), scholarly concepts of mindset shift "to the varied definitions and conceptualizations" which "demarcates this literature via a novel categorization using the construct of mindset."

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Mentalitynoun

   quality or state of mind

Editors ContributionRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. mentality

   The capacity for intelligent thought.

   The mentality of the runners was positive and motivated.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2017  

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   mentality

   To use the ability and quality of intelligent thought.

   The mentality was easy to understand as everyone was united, working together to support and look out for each other.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

How to pronounce Mentality?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mentality in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mentality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Mentality in a Sentence

1. Tomas Tatar:

   It was a great win obviously, we are trying to create here a winning mentality and these kind of games give it to you. You have to respect their team; they have a lot of experience, they’ve been around for a long time. I think in the third, they were going to battle back but we kept skating and played our game and I think we deserve to win.

2. Max Lerner:

   The Seven Deadly Sins of the Press: Concentrated Power of the Big Press. Passing of competition and the coming of monopoly. Governmental control of the press. Timidity, especially in the face of group and corporate pressures. Big Business mentality. Clannishness among the newspaper publishers that has prevented them from criticizing each other. Social blindness.

3. Gume Laurel:

   It was a cult mentality.

4. Patrick Soon-Shiong:

   Unfortunately, the Asian culture and mentality is to just suck it up. Do your work. Do your thing. Be quiet, i don't think that can happen any longer.

5. Francesca Belibi:

   We know over the last two years that everything is really unpredictable and our team has the next woman up mentality regardless of who is out, my main goal was to make sure I’m rebounding and (the scoring) just kind of happened.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Mentality
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mentality
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentality
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mentality