mentalitas

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• mentaliti (Standard Malay)

Etymology

From mental +‎ -itas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məntaˈlitas/ [mən̪.t̪aˈli.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -itas
• Syllabification: men‧ta‧li‧tas

Noun

mentalitas (plural mentalitas-mentalitas)

1. mentality

Derived terms

• bermentalitas (“having a mentality or mindset of something”)
• mentalitas kepiting (“crab mentality”)
• mentalitas kolonial (“colonial mentality”)

Further reading

• “mentalitas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016