mind-set

noun

1. the ideas and attitudes with which a person approaches a situation, esp when these are seen as being difficult to alter

Example Sentences

And so I knew that’s the mind-set that we needed to put her in.

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But it’s still the same approach with reworking the vintage items, having a sustainable mind-set, because there’s a lot of waste out there.

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Today we know it as England’s “keep calm and carry on” mind-set, within which director John Boorman memorably found domestic comedy for his 1987 film about that time, “Hope and Glory.”

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“Just listening to him sort of describe where his worldview was coming from or his mind-set was like, ‘Oh no,’” she said.

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“We aggressively did everything we could to stop that mind-set.”

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Related Words

• attitude
• demeanor
• frame of mind
• inclination
• mental state
• mood
• perspective
• philosophy
• point of view
• sentiment
• temperament