mentalité

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mentalité. Doublet of mentality.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛntalɪˈteɪ/

Noun

mentalité (plural mentalités)

1. A person's feelings about the wider society and world they live in, and their place within it; a worldview, outlook.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 67:

     Yet changing a traditional economic mentalité was an uphill task and, significantly, Law never fully disenchanted even his most intimate supporters (and maybe even himself) with customary forms of wealth [...].

   • 2012, Frank McLynn, “What's Your Take?”, in Literary Review, section 404:

     David Thomson's objectives in this big, ambitious book are nothing short of Promethean, for he aims to deliver both a comprehensive history of the movies and a Marshall McLuhan-style examination of the mentalités produced by watching films and television.

French

Etymology

From mental +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mentalité f (plural mentalités)

1. mentality

Descendants

• → Turkish: mantalite

Further reading

• “mentalité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.