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mentality
noun men·tal·i·ty \men-ˈta-lə-tē\
: a particular way of thinking
plural men·tal·i·ties
Full Definition of MENTALITY
1
: mental power or capacity : intelligence
2
: mode or way of thought : outlook <the imperialist mentality of the nineteenth century — John Davies>
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First Known Use of MENTALITY
1691
Related to MENTALITY
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- brain(s), brainpower, gray matter, headpiece, intellect, intellectuality, intelligence, reason, sense, smarts
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Rhymes with MENTALITY
anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
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mentality
noun men·tal·i·ty \men-ˈta-lə-tē\
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mentality
noun men·tal·i·ty \men-ˈtal-ət-ē\
plural men·tal·i·ties
Medical Definition of MENTALITY
1
: mental power or capacity
2
: mode or way of thought
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