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mentalities

mentalities is the plural of mentality.

Meaning of mentality

Noun

mentality (plural mentalities)

  1. 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. The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
    • […] the new mentality [of Romantic poetry]...is a mentality of self-authorization.1978, Edward Proffitt, "Romanticism, Bicamerality, and the Evolution of the Brain", The Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 9, No.1, reprinted in Kuijsten, 2016, page 129.

Phrases with mentalities

Questions about mentalities

What is mentalities the plural of?
Mentalities is the plural of mentality.

Words near mentalities in the dictionary

  1. mentalisms
  2. mentalist
  3. mentalistic
  4. mentalistically
  5. mentalists
  6. mentalities
  7. mentality
  8. mentalité
  9. mentalités
  10. mentalization
  11. mentalizations

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