Mentality (7)
I believe the answer is:
mindset
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">mentality</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that mentality can be written as mindset)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for mindset that I've seen before include "attitudes and values" , "Characteristic mental attitude" , "convictions" , "thinking normally" , "fixed attitude" .)