mentalité
UK/mɛntalɪˈteɪ/
mentalité noun: a person's feelings about the wider society and world they live in, and their place within it; a worldview, outlook.
Noun
mentalité (plural mentalités)
- A person's feelings about the wider society and world they live in, and their place within it; a worldview, outlook.
- Yet changing a traditional economic mentalité was an uphill task and, significantly, Law never fully disenchanted even his most intimate supporters (and maybe even himself) with customary forms of wealth [...].2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 67
- David Thomson's objectives in this big, ambitious book are nothing short of Promethean, for he aims to deliver both a comprehensive history of the movies and a Marshall McLuhan-style examination of the mentalités produced by watching films and television.2012, Frank McLynn, “What's Your Take?”, in Literary Review, section 404
Forms of mentalité
| plural | mentalités |
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Origin of mentalité
Borrowed from French mentalité. Doublet of mentality.
Questions about mentalité
- What does mentalité mean?
- Mentalité means a person's feelings about the wider society and world they live in, and their place within it; a worldview, outlook.
- What part of speech is mentalité?
- Mentalité is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mentalité?
- Mentalité is pronounced /mɛntalɪˈteɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mentalité?
- The plural of mentalité is mentalités.
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