lexico
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- 22 Dec 2004
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Mentality seems to be used often in a negative or condescending context. So I looked up the word in Merriam-Webster's, and it says 1. mental power or capacity: INTELLIGENCE 2. mode or way of thought: OUTLOOK.
My question is this. Do US native English speakers often discuss each other's mentality ? For example, could I, as a mainlander, causally ask a Hawaiian, "What do you think is unique about Hawaiian mentality ?"
Or I could I comment on a people living in a distant part of US; "I am from the East Coast, and I find the mentality of people living in Seattle quite different from that of where I come from."
If I comment on the mentality of a person's cultural/religious/ethinc group, isn't it rather insulting ?
My question is this. Do US native English speakers often discuss each other's mentality ? For example, could I, as a mainlander, causally ask a Hawaiian, "What do you think is unique about Hawaiian mentality ?"
Or I could I comment on a people living in a distant part of US; "I am from the East Coast, and I find the mentality of people living in Seattle quite different from that of where I come from."
If I comment on the mentality of a person's cultural/religious/ethinc group, isn't it rather insulting ?