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mentality

[men-tal-i-tee] / mɛnˈtæl ɪ ti /


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“Part of that’s going to be personnel driven, part of that’s going to be probably style‑of‑play driven, mentality, and certainly the head coach has a lot to do with it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Those years gave me an early and ugly lesson in mob mentality and collective cruelty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"But if we can calm down, we should be able to get to a stable mentality," said Zhang.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

They are driven by human information processing — knowing how to weigh news as it arrives — and by fear, greed, panic, herd mentality and other emotions.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

My mentality, uncontrollable and wanton as always, whispered to me a scheme so magnificent and daring that I shrank from the very thought of what I was hearing.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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