noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ælɪti
/mɛnˈtæləti/
/mənˈtæləti/
/-ɪti/
CMU ARPABET:M EH0 N T AE1 L AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:M EH0 N T AE1 L IH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1978, Edward Proffitt, "Romanticism, Bicamerality, and the Evolution of the Brain", The Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 9, No.1, reprinted in Kuijsten, 2016, page 129. [...] the new mentality [of Romantic poetry]...is a mentality of self-authorization.
