mindset
- noun
- /ˈmaɪndˌsɛt/
- We need to change your mindset and your approach to this.
- adopt a mindset
- develop a mindset
- change the mindset
And I think that that mindset is really just perception.
- And I think that that mindset is really just perception.
- It's about your mindset and what do you project?
- Where is your, you know, training mindset evolving towards?
- I'm in a new mindset, but I'm hungry.
- Let me set the mindset I want to wake up with tonight.
- So that mindset is why you're not posting.
- So it's a mindset, it's kind of a state of being.
- At least that was my, that was my mindset going through that job.
- So I, you know, I had a mindset about it all.
Examples
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A growth mindset allows individuals to embrace learning from their mistakes.
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The example of the teacher is another potential factor in the mindset of the pupil.
Academic text (1995) -
I can put myself in the mindset of the other side.
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So what can law schools do to bring about that kind of mindset shift?
Academic text (2017) -
The assumptions of the modern mindset run throughout the whole of modern education.
Academic text (1992) -
Just listening and adjusting your mindset I think will help.
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Her story really did change a lot of our mindsets.
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That's the mindset I'm talking about.
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Cash saw a continuing mindset that survived the Civil War and persisted to his day.
Academic text (1993) -
The settlers will now need to acquire a different mindset, vigorous yet also patient.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
A way of thinking or feeling that changes how you act
A usual way of thinking that affects how someone reacts
A temporary mental state that changes how someone behaves
A general feeling or expectation about the future
A way of thinking that is open to new ideas
A way of thinking and feeling that affects how you act
The attitudes and ways of doing things a person learns from their life and background
Compounds
A way of thinking that focuses on adapting and competing to survive and succeed
- Offensive
A careful, clever way of thinking that uses tricky arguments to find a way around rules
- Slur
A way of thinking that follows strict rules and accepts strong authority like church leaders
A way of thinking that focuses on finding practical answers and taking action
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mindset comes from two common words: mind meaning 'thought' or 'attitude' and set meaning 'fixed' or 'placed'. So a mindset is a 'fixed way' of thinking that affects how you see and act in different situations.