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- [men-tal-i-tee]
- /mɛnˈtæl ɪ ti/
- /menˈtæl.ə.ti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [men-tal-i-tee]
- /mɛnˈtæl ɪ ti/
Definitions of mentality word
- noun plural mentality mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality. 1
- noun plural mentality the set of one's mind; view; outlook: a liberal mentality. 1
- noun mentality The characteristic attitude of mind or way of thinking of a person or group. 1
- noun mentality mindset, outlook 1
- countable noun mentality Your mentality is your attitudes and your way of thinking. 0
- noun mentality the state or quality of mental or intellectual ability 0
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Origin of mentality
First appearance:
before 1685 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1685-95; mental1 + -ity
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Mentality
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mentality popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mentality usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mentality
noun mentality
- outlook — the view or prospect from a particular place.
- psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
- character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
Antonyms for mentality
noun mentality
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
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