crab mentality
A phenomenon in which a person or a group of people attempt to hinder the progress or success of others, even if such success does not directly affect their own well-being.
mentality
/mɛnˈtæləti/
noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
abusive, colonial, competitive, crazy, extreme, new, romantic, tired
VERB + MENTALITY
change, changed, develop, echo, fuck, having, me-against-the-world, shaped
MENTALITY + NOUN
contraception, poetr, toddler, woman
PREP.
in, on, with, without
Definitions
noun
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.
[…]with a mentality anchored in a profoundly influential and persistent hostility to central features of the Enlightment faith in the theoretical and practical autonomy of the human subject.
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.
1978, Edward Proffitt, "Romanticism, Bicamerality, and the Evolution of the Brain", The Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 9, No.1, reprinted in Kuijsten, 2016, page 129. […] the new mentality [of Romantic poetry]...is a mentality of self-authorization.
Our mentality — whether bicameral or conscious — is thus more a function of social context, language, and forms of communication than a hard-wired neurologically-based system.
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Synonyms
noun — mental ability
noun — a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines
- outlook
- mindset
- mind-set
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
elbow mentality
An attitude characterized by self-interest and a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness to elbow (verb) past others.
In both samples, hierarchic self-interest, a syndrome of self-enhancing value orientations, sometimes called an ‘elbow mentality’ [Hadjar 2004] or a ‘capitalist mentality’ [Boehnke
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Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work.
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[…]with a mentality anchored in a profoundly influential and persistent hostility to central features of the Enlightment faith in the theoretical and practical autonomy of the human subject.
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1978, Edward Proffitt, "Romanticism, Bicamerality, and the Evolution of the Brain", The Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 9, No.1, reprinted in Kuijsten, 2016, page 129. […] the new mentality [of Romantic poetr
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It is the particular environment that has shaped the Japanese mentality.
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As in the previously mentioned case with the farmer, the mentality of contraception and family planning seems unnatural.
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Having a competitive mentality can give rise to negative emotions.
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