Mentality in Malayalam
ചിന്താഗതി (chinthagathi) is a person's way of thinking, their mentality or outlook. It joins thought with movement, so the image is of the direction somebody's thinking takes.
Most common translation
Mode of thinking, mentality, ideology.
ചിന്താഗതി മാറ്റാൻ അവൾക്ക് സമയം വേണം.
chinthagathi maattaan avalkku samayam venam.
She needs time to change her way of thinking.
All Malayalam words for “mentality”
- ചിന്താഗതി (chinthagathi) — Mode of thinking, mentality, ideology.
- വികാരം (vikaaram) — Change, change in shape or structure, feeling, emotion, expression, mentality.
വികാരം (vikaaram) is feeling or emotion, and change of state, so it touches mentality only loosely and should not be used of a person's outlook.
Common questions
How do you say mentality in Malayalam?
ചിന്താഗതി (chinthagathi), the word for a way of thinking or outlook.
Is chinthagathi positive or negative?
Neutral on its own; an adjective in front decides whether the outlook described is generous or narrow.