mentality

Plural: mentalities

Noun

• a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
• mental ability
• A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
• The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.

Examples

• Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work.

Synonyms

brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mind-set, mindset, outlook, wit