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attitude
[ at-i-tood, -tyood ]
noun
- manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind:
a negative attitude; group attitudes.
- position or posture of the body appropriate to or expressive of an action, emotion, etc.:
a threatening attitude; a relaxed attitude.
- Aeronautics. the inclination of the three principal axes of an aircraft relative to the wind, to the ground, etc.
- Ballet. a pose in which the dancer stands on one leg, the other bent behind.
attitude
/ ˈætɪˌtjuːd /
noun
- the way a person views something or tends to behave towards it, often in an evaluative way
- a theatrical pose created for effect (esp in the phrase strike an attitude )
- a position of the body indicating mood or emotion
- informal.a hostile manner
don't give me attitude, my girl
- the orientation of an aircraft's axes in relation to some plane, esp the horizontal See also axis 1
- the orientation of a spacecraft in relation to its direction of motion
- ballet a classical position in which the body is upright and one leg raised and bent behind
Derived Forms
- ˌattiˈtudinal, adjective
Other Words From
- at·ti·tu·di·nal [at-i-, tood, -n-l, -, tyood, -], adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of attitude1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Emily Ordaz, the oldest of the victim’s three daughters, said such attitudes are problematic and show law enforcement officers they will face few, if any, consequences, for killings like her father’s.
"I tried my best, I tried to enjoy and play with the right energy and the right attitude," said Nadal.
“When I'm talking to those with multiple homes, my attitude is, if you don't love it, sell it. Take your chips off the table.”
"So many people have asked me, what is brat, and honestly, it's just like an attitude, it's a vibe," she said.
Her supervisor and mentor, Professor Louis Leakey, though, saw the value in her technique: “He wanted somebody whose mind wasn't messed up by the reductionist attitude of science to animals,” Dr Goodall explains.
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