Definition of "mindset" []

• A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. (noun)
• An inclination or a habit. (noun)

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• "Eli, helpfully, makes it clear where the difference in mindset is when he discusses parents in the inner city who have the fortitude to raise children who can actually make an effort to tale advantage of an education: the fact that they possess the parenting fortitude their ghetto-peers do not is for me no greater emergency than that of the “left behind”."
• "It takes a certain mindset to enjoy doing this, and I suspect that mindset is different from non-screen-readers."
• "This mindset is a big shift from just a few years ago."