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UK
/mɛntˈælɪti/
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[ US /mɛnˈtæɫəti, mɛnˈtæɫɪti/ ]
[ US /mɛnˈtæɫəti, mɛnˈtæɫɪti/ ]
NOUN
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mental ability
he's got plenty of brains but no common sense - a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
How To Use mentality In A Sentence
- Moreover, don't these choices facilitate a feminist reading of the text, deconstructing sentimentality to expose masculine failings and feminine rebellion?
- Open source software is often portrayed as a breakthrough in the free and open exchange of intellectual property, without precedent in the prevailing global capitalist mentality.
- Will Ralphie boy have a similar experience and actually convert from his corrupt “moneychanger” fake Christian mentality and embrace more liberal, compassionate Christian beliefs and behaviors? Firedoglake » Safavian Found Guilty
- Through the instrumentality of the police he was able to locate his relatives.
- Unfortunately, there is a mentality in the federal bureaucracy that defies change and rejects innovation.
- Stray too far in one direction and you devolve into saccharine sentimentality, go the other direction and you risk crass exploitation.
- I had this mentality that the police were incompetent, which they weren't. Times, Sunday Times
- The end result is a “sauve qui peut” mentality. aimai Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » The Clusterf**K Continues
- I think that I avoided self-pity and sentimentality about it because I didn't feel that way about it.
- I am concerned to rule out certain options - because if they're not ruled out then we have fall into an "anything goes" mentality - for we have removed the very moral norms that would allow people to condemn what Hamas is doing and also prevent people from reigning in subrational feelings of vengeance/destruction/hate which tend to lead to brutal actions. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...