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Meaning of MENTALITY

Pronunciation:  men'talitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
  2. [n]  a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
 
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 Synonyms: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mindset, mind-set, outlook, wit
 
 See Also: attitude, intelligence, mental attitude

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Men*tal"i*ty\, n.
Quality or state of mind. ``The same hard mentality.''
--Emerson.
 
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 Related Terms: acuity, acumen, apprehension, attitude, bent, brain, brains, caliber, capacity, comprehension, conception, consciousness, deductive power, discourse of reason, discursive reason, disposition, esemplastic power, esprit, frame of mind, gray matter, head, headpiece, ideation, inclination, integrative power, intellect, intellection, intellectual faculty, intellectual grasp, intellectual power, intellectualism, intellectuality, intelligence, intelligence quotient, IQ, judgement, knowledge, mens, mental age, mental capacity, mental grasp, mental ratio, mind, mind-set, mother wit, native wit, nous, outlook, power of mind, power of reason, psyche, ratio, rationality, reason, reasoning, reasoning faculty, reasoning power, sanity, scope of mind, sense, smarts, temperament, thinking power, understanding, Vernunft, view, wise man, wit
 

 

 

 

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