men·tal·i·ty
noun/menˈtæləti/
/menˈtæləti/
[usually singular] (plural mentalities)
- the particular attitude or way of thinking of a person or group
心态；思想状况；思想方法 - I can’t understand the mentality of people who are unkind to their pets.
我不能理解那些对自己宠物不好的人的心理。 - a criminal/ghetto mentality
犯罪心态；种族聚居区的思想意识
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMentality is used after these nouns:- frontier
- gang
- herd
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘mental process’): from the adjective mental + -ity. Current senses date from the mid 19th cent. - I can’t understand the mentality of people who are unkind to their pets.