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Disposition vs Mentality - What's the difference?

disposition | mentality |

As nouns the difference between disposition and mentality

is that disposition is disposal while mentality is a mindset; a way of thinking.

disposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The arrangement or placement of certain things.
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  • Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
  • Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
  • *
    • He was, indeed, a lad of a remarkable disposition ; sober, discreet, and pious beyond his age...
  • Control over something.
  • (label) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
  • (label) Final decision or settlement.
  • (label) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
  • (label) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.

    • Derived terms

    * dispositional * ambulatory disposition * disposition hearing * testamentary disposition

    Related terms

    * dispose * disposal * dispositive * predisposition

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove or place in a different position.

    • Related terms

    * dispose * disposal * dispositive * predisposition ----

    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