Noun: mentality men'ta-li-tee
- A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
"Developing a growth mentality can improve learning outcomes";
- outlook, mindset, mind-set
- Mental ability
"The athlete's competitive mentality helped him succeed";
- brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, wit, smarts [N. Amer, Austral, informal]
Derived forms: mentalities
Type of: attitude, intelligence, mental attitude
Encyclopedia: Mentality