La historia de las mentalidades
Example: La historia de las mentalidades revela cómo cambian las creencias sociales.
Definition
"La historia de las mentalidades" refers to a branch of history that studies the collective attitudes, beliefs, and ways of thinking of groups or societies over time, revealing how social consciousness and mental frameworks evolve throughout different historical periods.
Etymology
The phrase "la historia de las mentalidades" combines Spanish words where "historia" means history, derived from the Greek 'historia' meaning inquiry or knowledge gained by investigation, and "mentalidades" stems from 'mentalidad,' referring to mental attitudes or mindsets. The expression highlights a historical focus on societal mental frameworks rather than just events.
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"La historia de las mentalidades" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (C2) - set 1", containing 212 commonly used words.
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