mindset

US/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,599 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: mindsets

A mindset is the settled habits of thought a person brings. A fixed mindset, change your mindset, the wrong mindset.

The fixed and growth pair is the famous use — whether you believe ability is given or built — and the research behind it is more contested than the popular version admits. The word implies something set and therefore hard but not impossible to change. Note the compound of mind and set.

Definitions of mindset

1nounmindsetThe settled habits of thought a person brings.B2+
“To win, the team needs to change its mindset and stop fearing defeat.”

mindset is a habit of thought.

Where it comes from

From mind + set.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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mindset in the wild

Person A is said to have a theory of mind (ToM) about person B, relating mindset research to ToM.
Mindset
In cognitive psychology, mindset is the cognitive process activated in a task.
Mindset
People in this mindset, base their actions on the opinion of others.
Role theory
The second part is the self-authorized mind, this mindset breaks loose of others thoughts and makes their own decisions.
Role theory
The concept of the engineering design process is distinct from the concepts of the engineering method and the engineering mindset.
Engineering design process

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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