mindframe

English

Etymology

From mind +‎ frame; based on earlier frame of mind (17th century).

Noun

mindframe (plural mindframes)

1. A mental attitude; a mindset; a frame of mind.
   • 1995, John Papworth, Small is Powerful: The Future as If People Really Mattered, page 105:

     They, or at least many of them, for there are dissident voices here which speak another message, are also trapped in a nineteenth century mindframe which assumes the centralised nation state structures can somehow be controlled[.]

   • 1996 March 1, The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne, page 33, column 1:

     A young Australian Jew engaged on the trip of a lifetime finally arrives in the homeland of his people. His mindframe reflects a half finished puzzle but his external facade exudes excitement and jubilation.

   • 2019, Bridget Sweet, Thinking Outside the Voice Box, page 71:

     Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.