mentality
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++men·tal·i·ty /menˈtæləti/ ●○○ AWL noun (plural mentalities) [countable] ATTITUDEa particular attitude or way of thinking, especially one that you think is wrong or stupid 〔尤指被视为错误或愚蠢的〕心态 a get-rich-quick mentality 一夜暴富的心态 I can’t understand the mentality of the people who are behind this kind of violence. 我不能理解这种暴力行为的幕后指使者是什么心态。Examples from the Corpus
mentality• Now the whole country is run by a myopic bourgeoisie with a mentality that does not care for the people.• She despised the bourgeois mentality of the professional class.• Often thought to be a relic of the past, the Maintenance Crew mentality is still very much with us.• Could these rights simply be taken away be-cause of the prevalence of a mob mentality?• You know, I wonder if this is a male kind of mentality.• The destruction of the Thornydale and Cortaro intersection just reveals the pervasive mentality in Tucson.• Pretty meant vacuous, personality meant show-off, having fun was shopgirl mentality.• Marston weaves facts into the story about slave-trading and shows the sick mentality of the slavery system.• He is said to have siege mentality.• I don't understand the mentality of these teenagers.• The mentality that produces such a procedure is not just unacceptable itself - as well as irksome to would-be candidates.men·tal·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
especially of attitude or Corpus thinking, a way particular
mentality
men‧tal‧i‧ty AC /menˈtæləti, menˈtælɪti/
noun (plural mentalities) [countable]a particular attitude or way of thinking, especially one that you think is wrong or stupid:
a get-rich-quick mentality
I can’t understand the mentality of the people who are behind this kind of violence.
▪ mind what you use to think and imagine things: My mind was full of big ideas. | I never know what's going on in her mind. | At the back of my mind I had the funny feeling that I’d met her somewhere before. | The same thoughts kept going through my mind and I couldn’t get to sleep.
▪head the place where someone’s mind is – use this especially when talking about the thoughts that are in someone’s mind: I can't get him out of my head. | You need to get it into your head that you've done nothing wrong. | To keep myself calm, I counted to ten in my head. | She’s so quiet – you never quite know what’s going on inside her head (=what she is thinking).
▪subconscious the part of your mind that influences the way you think or behave, even though you may not realize this is happening, and which makes you have dreams: She suddenly remembered a traumatic incident that had been buried deep in her subconscious. | During the daytime our conscious minds are active, but during the night the subconscious takes over.
▪psyche formal someone’s mind, especially their feelings and attitudes, and the way these influence their character - used especially when talking about people's minds in general: The need for love is deeply buried in our psyche. | Freud has provided an account of the human psyche's stages of development. | The child is simply searching his psyche to find some past event that relates to his new experiences.
▪mentality a particular way of thinking that a group of people have, especially one that you think is wrong or bad: I just don't understand the mentality of these people. | They all seem to have a kind of victim mentality, which makes them think that the world is permanently against them.
▪the ego technical the part of your mind that gives you your sense of who you are - used especially in Freudian psychology: the rational world of the ego and the irrational world of the unconscious
men‧tal‧i‧ty AC /menˈtæləti, menˈtælɪti/
noun (plural mentalities) [countable]a particular attitude or way of thinking, especially one that you think is wrong or stupid: | THESAURUS |
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