MENTALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mentality mean? 

• MENTALITY (noun)
  The noun MENTALITY has 2 senses:

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

2. mental ability

  Familiarity information: MENTALITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTALITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mentality; mind-set; mindset; outlook

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mental ability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

brain; brainpower; learning ability; mental capacity; mentality; wit

Context example:

he's got plenty of brains but no common sense

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)