sort of mentality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsortandmentality
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sort
noun
uk/sɔːt/us/sɔːrt/
a group of things that are of the same type or that share ...
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mentality
noun[C usually singular]
uk/menˈtæl.ə.ti/us/menˈtæl.ə.t̬i/
a person's particular way of thinking ...
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(Definition ofsortandmentalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Is it not most difficult for trade unions to negotiate with people of thatsortofmentalityin the second half of the twentieth century?
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I am at a loss to understand thesortofmentalitythat differentiates between classes of economy in that way.
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It is a most surprising thing that here, in the very home of the initial industrial revolution, thatsortofmentalityshould obtain.
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I am quite certain that the people of this country are nauseated, sick and tired of thatsortofmentality.
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Whatsortofmentalityis it that tests children at 7, 11, 14 and 16?
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That is surely a particularly cynical and perhaps blasphemous statement, but it shows thesortofmentalitythat many of these people have.
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That is thesortofmentalitywhich is produced by the indiscriminate use of public money.
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That is thesortofmentalitywhich we find.
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That is thesortofmentalitythey have.
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It is not a question of thatsortofmentality.
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Whatsortofmentalityis that?
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When you have thatsortofmentality, its about quality and not quantity.
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