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Mentality vs Ideology - What's the difference?

mentality | ideology |

As nouns the difference between mentality and ideology

is that mentality is a mindset; a way of thinking while ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.

mentality

English

Noun

(mentalities)
  • A mindset; a way of thinking.
    • Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work.

    Derived terms

    * crab mentality

    ideology

    English

    (wikipedia ideology)

    Noun

    (ideologies)
  • Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
  • * '>citation
  • The study of the origin and nature of ideas.

    • Usage notes

    Original meaning “study of ideas” (following the etymology), today primarily used to mean “doctrine”. For example “communist ideology” generally refers to “communist doctrine”; study of communist ideas instead being “communist philosophy”, or more clearly “philosophy of communism”; only rarely “ideology of communism”.

    Related terms

    * ideologic * ideological * ideologically * ideologist * ideologue

    References

    * * English words suffixed with -ology