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mental flexibility

[/ˈmen.təl flɛk.sɪ.bɪl.ə.ti/]
noun
flexibilidade mental
1. The cognitive ability to adapt thinking, switch between different mental tasks, and adjust strategies in response to changing circumstances or new information
Mental flexibility allows you to solve problems from different angles when your first approach doesn't work.
A flexibilidade mental permite que você resolva problemas de diferentes ângulos quando sua primeira abordagem não funciona.
2. The capacity to modify one's perspective, beliefs, or approach based on feedback or altered conditions
Employees with mental flexibility adapt better to organizational changes.
Funcionários com flexibilidade mental se adaptam melhor às mudanças organizacionais.
Synonyms
cognitive flexibilityadaptabilitymental agilitypsychological flexibilityintellectual flexibility
Antonyms
mental rigidityinflexibilitycognitive rigiditystubbornness

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
flexibilidade mental
Most common usage in Brazil
São Paulo
flexibilidade mental
Standard usage in business and psychological contexts
Portugal
flexibilidade mental
Also used in Portugal; sometimes 'capacidade de adaptação cognitiva' in technical contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

think outside the box
roll with the punches
go with the flow
adapt and overcome
open-minded
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