mind-set

[mahynd-set] /ˈmaɪndˌsɛt/

noun

an attitude, disposition, or mood.

an intention or inclination.

Origin

1925-30

Examples from the web for mindset

It is all about opening up, after all, and allowing a different mindset to reign.
As games and the gaming mindset take over our lives, they've also gone professional.
It's a mindset for both creative types and wealthy spark plugs seeking intellectual stimulation, visual pleasure and fellowship.
Before discussing these resources in more detail, let's make sure that you begin the negotiating process with the right mindset.
That's exactly the wrong kind of mindset that far too many people have.
Below is an example of the mindset of researchers in the field of global warming and water deficits.
Perhaps more importantly, it also helps foster an ecologically focused, cradle-to-grave mindset.
Hopefully this will change along with other aspects of a cultural mindset.
Head-on fights are counterproductive with fearful dogs because conflict reinforces the fearful mindset.
Unfortunately with scientific expeditions, the mindset of the actual explorer is hardly relevant.

British Dictionary definitions for mindset

noun

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

Word Origin and History for mindset

also mind-set, "habits of mind formed by previous experience," 1920, in educators' jargon, from mind (n.) + set (v.).

mindset in Medicine

mindset mind·set or mind-set (mīnd'sět')
n.

A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations.
An inclination or a habit.