mentality

mentalità

Modo abituale di pensare e interpretare le cose di una persona o di un gruppo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: the mentality of someone (The book explores the mentality of young soldiers.)

Sinonimi: mindset, outlook, attitude

Espressioni comuni: winning mentality, victim mentality, mentality of someone

struttura mentale

Insieme di caratteristiche e processi collegati della mente, plasmati dal corpo, dalla lingua e dalla cultura.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: mental organization

Espressioni comuni: human mentality, structure of mentality, development of mentality