mindset

or mind-set

[ mahynd-set ]
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noun
  1. a fixed attitude, disposition, or mood:His conservative mindset sometimes causes him to miss out on important opportunities.Her judgmental mindset has cost her a number of friendships.

  2. an intention or inclination: I'm not sure what her mindset will be when you ask her about her plans.

Origin of mindset

1
First recorded in 1905–10; mind + set

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How to use mindset in a sentence

  • I don't know but sleep will come sooner and deeper to take the ride and have your mind set at ease before you lie down.

    Freckles | Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The brains of the bear were not much to one who had had his mind set on eating the whole carcass.

    Algonquin Indian Tales | Egerton R. Young
  • She's had her mind set on his studyin' law so long, 't she won't give up in a hurry.

  • My wife, with her mind set at rest on the question of the figs, now continued her preparations for dinner.

    The Swiss Family Robinson | Johann David Wyss
  • He struggled on in the soft unaccustomed tyranny of the grass, the glare of sun, with his mind set on the close of day.

    The Happy End | Joseph Hergesheimer

British Dictionary definitions for mind-set

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

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