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Definition of mentality noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mentality

noun
 
/menˈtæləti/
 
/menˈtæləti/
[usually singular]
(plural mentalities)
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  1. the particular attitude or way of thinking of a person or group synonym mindset
    • I can’t understand the mentality of people who are unkind to their pets.
    • a criminal/ghetto mentality
    see also siege mentality
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMentality is used after these nouns:
    • frontier
    • gang
    • herd
    • …
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    Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘mental process’): from the adjective mental + -ity. Current senses date from the mid 19th cent.
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