mentaliti

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English mentality. By surface analysis, mental +‎ -iti.

Pronunciation

  • (English-based) IPA(key): [mɛn.tɛ.li.ti]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • (Baku) IPA(key): [men.ta.li.ti]
  • Rhymes: -ti, -i
  • Hyphenation: men‧ta‧li‧ti

Noun

mentaliti (Jawi spelling مينتاليتي, plural mentaliti-mentaliti)

  1. A mentality:
    1. A mindset or way of thinking.
    2. The capacity for intelligent thinking.

Affixations

  • bermentaliti (“having a mentality or mindset of something”)
  • mentaliti ketam (“crab mentality”)
  • mentaliti penjajah; mentaliti kolonial (“colonial mentality”)

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