Definition of "mind-set" []

• A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The first phrase, rejoicing in hope, refers to a mind-set."
• "Americans had begun to abandon the old Wild West mind-set, the attitude that there was always an open frontier."
• "Luckily we both had the same mind-set about this decision."