Disposition vs. Mentality — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disposition and Mentality
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Disposition
A disposition is a quality of character, a habit, a preparation, a state of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way that may be learned. The terms dispositional belief and occurrent belief refer, in the former case, to a belief that is held in the mind but not currently being considered, and in the latter case, to a belief that is currently being considered by the mind.
Mentality
Cast or turn of mind
A vindictive mentality.
Disposition
A person's inherent qualities of mind and character
He has the disposition of a saint
Your sunny disposition has a way of rubbing off on those around you
Mentality
The sum of a person's intellectual capabilities or endowment.
Disposition
The way in which something is placed or arranged, especially in relation to other things
The plan shows the disposition of the rooms
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Mentality
A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work.
Disposition
The distribution or transfer of property or money to someone, especially by bequest
This is a tax which affects the disposition of assets on death
Mentality
The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
Disposition
The power to deal with something as one pleases
If Napoleon had had railways at his disposition, he would have been invincible
Mentality
Quality or state of mind.
Disposition
One's usual mood; temperament
A sweet disposition.
Mentality
A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
Disposition
A habitual inclination; a tendency
A disposition to disagree.
Mentality
Mental ability;
He's got plenty of brains but no common sense
Disposition
A physical property or tendency
A swelling with a disposition to rupture.
Disposition
Arrangement, positioning, or distribution
A cheerful disposition of colors and textures.
A convoy oriented into a north-south disposition.
Disposition
An act of disposing; a bestowal or transfer to another.
Disposition
The power or liberty to control, direct, or dispose
The funds that were put at her disposition.
Disposition
The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
Disposition
Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
Disposition
Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
I have little disposition now to do as you say.
Salt has a disposition to dissolve in water.
Disposition
Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
She has a sunny disposition.
He has such a foul disposition.
Disposition
To remove or place in a different position.
Disposition
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels.
The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece.
Disposition
The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
Disposition
Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
Disposition
Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
How stands your disposition to be married?
Disposition
Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him.
Disposition
Mood; humor.
As I perchance hereafter shall think meetTo put an antic disposition on.
Disposition
Your usual mood;
He has a happy disposition
Disposition
The act or means of getting rid of something
Disposition
An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;
He had an inclination to give up too easily
A tendency to be too strict
Disposition
A natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing;
A swelling with a disposition to rupture
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