mindstylen.
/ˈmʌɪn(d)stʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌstaɪl/ 1. The cumulative attitudes and consistent habits of thinking that a person develops about his or her chosen lifestyle.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > a mental view
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1976 N. Lande (title) Mindstyles, lifestyles.
1990 Harper's Mag. Oct. 29/1 (advt.) A mindstyle magazine for the technologically hip!
1993 Boston Globe (Electronic ed.) 7 Jan. [Hunter S.] Thompson forever remains the embodiment of a certain phase of life: those rebellious years when lofty ideas mix with lowly substances to create a combustible mindstyle.
1994 Amer. Demographics Aug. 52 (advt.) This fascinating study provides..the perspective you need to understand new mindstyle research.
2. Literary Criticism. Usually with hyphen or as two words. The linguistic style of a writer, narrative voice, literary character, etc., taken as an indication of mindset, attitudes, or perspective.
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1977 R. Fowler Linguistics & Novel 103 We may coin the term ‘mind-style’ to refer to any distinctive linguistic presentation of an individual mental self.
1993 Univ. Toronto Q. (Electronic ed.) Sept. Mind style..is more specifically directed towards the analysis of a character's or a narrative voice's style of discourse.
1996 Style 30 143 Studies have isolated a range of linguistic phenomena that can contribute to the projection of mind style, including primarily choices of vocabulary, grammar, and transitivity... In this essay we highlight the way in which metaphorical patterns can also be instrumental in the creation of mind style.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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