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mentality
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mentality has 2 senses
- mentality(n = noun.cognition) mind-set, mindset, outlook - a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations; Array is a kind of attitude, mental attitude
- mentality(n = noun.cognition) brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, wit - mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" is a kind of intelligence
Derived forms adjective mental1, adjective mental2
Derived forms adjective mental1, adjective mental2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mentality, n. (pl. -ies)
1 mental character or disposition.
2 kind or degree of intelligence.
3 what is in or of the mind.
1 mental character or disposition.
2 kind or degree of intelligence.
3 what is in or of the mind.
THESAURUS
mentality
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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