mentality

mentalité

Façon habituelle de penser et de comprendre les choses chez une personne ou un groupe.

En anglais simple : A person’s or group’s usual way of thinking and understanding things.

• She has a winning mentality.
• We need to change the mentality of the whole team.
• That old mentality is difficult to overcome.

Comment l'utiliser : the mentality of someone (The book explores the mentality of young soldiers.)

Synonymes : mindset, outlook, attitude

Expressions courantes : winning mentality, victim mentality, mentality of someone

organisation mentale

Ensemble des caractéristiques et mécanismes liés de l’esprit, façonné par le corps, la langue et la culture.

En anglais simple : The connected features and processes of a mind, shaped by the body, language, and culture.

• The theory treats mentality as a system of linked processes.
• Language plays a role in the development of human mentality.
• Researchers compared the structures of mentality across cultures.

Synonymes : mental organization

Expressions courantes : human mentality, structure of mentality, development of mentality