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1 mentality -- rank: 1000

mentality definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a habitual ... determines how you will interpret and respond to situations [syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set] 2: mental ability; "he's got ... no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ties) Date: 1691 1 ... intelligence 2. mode or way of thought ; outlook < the imperialist mentality of the nineteenth century — John Davies > Oxford Reference Dictionary n ... is in or of the mind. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mentality Men*tal"i*ty, n. Quality or state of mind. ``The same hard mentality.'' --Emerson. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (mentalities) Your mentality is ...

2 siege mentality -- rank: 919

siege mentality definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1953 a defensive or ... Cobuild Dictionary If a group of people have a siege mentality, they think that other people are constantly trying to harm ... care only about protecting themselves. Police officers had a siege mentality that isolated them from the people they served. N-SING ...

3 bunker mentality -- rank: 904

bunker mentality definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: defensiveness resulting ... suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality" Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1976 a state of mind ...

4 Consciousness -- rank: 335

... the catalysts of a necessary change in the European consciousness. = mentality N-UNCOUNT: with supp 3. You use consciousness to refer ... insomnolency, intellect, intellectual gifts, intellectuals, intelligence, intentiveness, intentness, lidless vigil, mentality, mindfulness, noesis, note, notice, observance, observation, parts, percept, perception, realization ...

5 Wit -- rank: 335

... no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] 3: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn ... mastership, mastery, mental age, mental capacity, mental grasp, mental ratio, mentality, mind, mother wit, native wit, one-upmanship, parodist, penetration, perception ...

6 Brain -- rank: 335

... no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] 3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts ... liver and lights, lung, mastermind, medullary sheath, mens, mental capacity, mentality, midgut, mind, mother wit, nerve, nerve trunk, nervous system, neuron ...

7 psyche -- rank: 212

... jiva, jivatma, khu, libidinal energy, libido, manes, mens, mental capacity, mentality, mind, motive force, nephesh, nous, persona, personality, pleasure principle, pneuma ...

8 petit bourgeois -- rank: 212

... to the lower middle class. He had a petit bourgeois mentality. ADJ [disapproval]

9 Parochial -- rank: 212

... narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners" [syn: insular, parochial] Merriam Webster's ...

10 oreo -- rank: 212

... 1969 usually disparaging a black person who adopts the characteristic mentality and behavior of white middle-class society

11 Outlook -- rank: 212

... determines how you will interpret and respond to situations [syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set] 2: belief about (or mental picture ...

12 Luddite -- rank: 212

... and modern methods. The majority have a built-in Luddite mentality; they are resistant to change. N-COUNT: oft N n ...

13 learning ability -- rank: 212

... no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit]

14 Knowledge -- rank: 212

... mental capacity, mental cultivation, mental culture, mental grasp, mental ratio, mentality, mention, message, mother wit, native wit, news, notice, notification, power ...

15 IQ -- rank: 212

... mental age, mental capacity, mental grasp, mental ratio, mental test, mentality, mother wit, native wit, personality test, power of mind, psychological ...