mentality

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1. 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.

2. The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.