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MENTALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mental ability
Example:
he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
Synonyms:
brain; brainpower; learning ability; mental capacity; mentality; wit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mentality" is a kind of...):
intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
Derivation:
mental (involving the mind or an intellectual process)
mental (of or relating to the mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
Synonyms:
mentality; mind-set; mindset; outlook
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mentality" is a kind of...):
attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
Derivation:
mental (involving the mind or an intellectual process)
mental (of or relating to the mind)
