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Mental vs. Mentality — What's the Difference?

Mental vs. Mentality — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Mental and Mentality

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Mental

Relating to the mind
Mental faculties
Mental phenomena

Mentality

Cast or turn of mind
A vindictive mentality.

Mental

Relating to disorders of the mind
A mental hospital

Mentality

The sum of a person's intellectual capabilities or endowment.

Mental

Of or relating to the mind
Mental powers.
Mental health.
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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.

Mental

Executed or performed by the mind; existing in the mind
Mental calculation.
A mental image.

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.

Mental

(Slang) Emotionally upset; crazed
Got mental when he saw the dent in his new car.

Mentality

Quality or state of mind.

Mental

Offensive Slang Having a mental illness or intellectual disability.

Mentality

A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

Mental

Often Offensive Relating to or being a place for housing or treating people with mental illness or intellectual disability
A mental ward.

Mentality

Mental ability;
He's got plenty of brains but no common sense

Mental

Of or relating to the chin.

Mental

(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

Mental

Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
Mental acuity

Mental

Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.

Mental

Occurring or experienced in the mind.

Mental

Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
Mental science

Mental

Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
The distinction between physical things and mental ideas

Mental

Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
A mental patient

Mental

(relational) Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
Mental hospitals

Mental

Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
He went mental on us.

Mental

Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
That was a mental party last night.

Mental

Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
Mental telepathy

Mental

Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
The mental nerve, the mental region

Mental

Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.

Mental

(zootomy) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Mental

Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

Mental

Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.
What a mental powerThis eye shoots forth!

Mental

A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Mental

Involving the mind or an intellectual process;
Mental images of happy times
Mental calculations
In a terrible mental state
Mental suffering
Free from mental defects

Mental

Of or relating to the mind;
Mental powers
Mental development
Mental hygiene

Mental

Of or relating to the chin- or lip-like structure in insects and certain mollusks

Mental

Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

Mental

Affected by a disorder of the mind;
A mental patient
Mental illness

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