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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