Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mentality

2 senses of mentality

Sense 1
mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set -- (a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations)
       => attitude, mental attitude -- (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun")

Sense 2
brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit -- (mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense")
       => intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)