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mentality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mentality

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior

Synonyms of mentality

brain(s), brainpower, gray matter, headpiece, intellect, intellectuality, intelligence, reason, sense, smarts

Words Related to mentality

eggheadedness, highbrowism, intellectualism

braininess, brilliance

acumen, alertness, apprehension, astuteness, discernment, discriminability, insight, judgment (or judgement), perception, percipience, perspicacity

common sense, horse sense, mother wit

aptitude, talent

sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit

head, mind, skull

Near Antonyms of mentality

denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, feeblemindedness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, imbecility, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity

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