habit of mind

noun

A usual way to think of something; a mindset.

Meanings

nounhabit of mind (plural habits of mind)

plural habits of mind

  1. A usual way to think of something; a mindset.

    The predatory corporate logics that earlier iterations of the left recognized as our enemies were clearly deep inside us now: in the arteries that connected us, in our habits of mind, in our very cells.

    2023, Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 321

    Synonyms: habit of thought

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA usual way to think of something; a mindset.

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