mentality

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 3.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.

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

2. noun The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.

Similar words

brainpower wit outlook brain learning ability mental capacity mindset mental concept thought

Often followed by

of and that is in which was to as

Word family

mental mentalities mentally