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elbow mentalities

elbow mentalities is the plural of elbow mentality.

Meaning of elbow mentality

Noun

elbow mentality (plural elbow mentalities)

  1. (idiomatic) An attitude characterized by self-interest and a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness to elbow (verb) past others.
    • In both samples, hierarchic self-interest, a syndrome of self-enhancing value orientations, sometimes called an ‘elbow mentality’ [Hadjar 2004] or a ‘capitalist mentality’ [Boehnke and Dragolov forthcoming], negatively predicted generalised trust, though once again the effect sizes were quite low.2012 December 1, Klaus Boehnke, Susanne Rippl, “General and ‘Neighbourly’ Trust in Border Regions: An Analysis of the Influence of Disintegration Experience and of Self-Enhancement Mentalities in the...

Questions about elbow mentalities

What is elbow mentalities the plural of?
Elbow mentalities is the plural of elbow mentality.

Words near elbow mentalities in the dictionary

  1. elbow joint
  2. elbow joints
  3. elbow juice
  4. Elbow Lake
  5. elbow macaroni
  6. elbow mentalities
  7. elbow mentality
  8. elbow pit
  9. elbow pits
  10. elbow plant
  11. elbow plants

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