attitudinal

[ at-i-tood-n-l, -tyood- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a person’s manner, disposition, feeling, opinion, etc., with regard to someone or something:

   Work co-ops for students with disabilities are instrumental in breaking down attitudinal barriers and stereotypes, among both students and employers.

2. Aeronautics. of or relating to the inclination of the three principal axes of an aircraft relative to the wind, ground, etc.:

   The system records GPS and the aircraft’s attitudinal positions (roll, pitch, yaw, speed, and heading).

Word History and Origins

Origin of attitudinal¹

First recorded in 1810–1820; from Italian attitudine “attitude” ( attitude ( def ) ) + -al ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Studies in the US, Norway, China, and Japan have all found that children who have many experiences in nature at a young age develop positive attitudes toward animals and the environment.

From Popular-Science

Out of the fog and concrete came a style of pop that blended love ballads, fantasy and anti-establishment attitude with all the smoothness of a laxative chew.

From Washington Post

In the once-untouched rural Southwest, health officials say, a lax attitude about mask-wearing has contributed to the state’s sharpest spikes in coronavirus cases.

From Washington Post

Moreover, as we’ve seen in his attitude toward other physicists, Pauli was in his heart a skeptic.

From Nautilus

The shift in attitude among GOP leadership is reflected in a recent Axios-Ipsos poll that found that 52% of people who identify as Republicans now see in-person gatherings as risky, up from 40% in late October.

From Fortune

Jazz is perceived as the music of the educated—and what an amazing attitudinal change that is!

From The Daily Beast

When I did begin to do that, my liberalism, which was primarily attitudinal, faded away.

From The Daily Beast

Still, attitudinal barriers about the value of mental health care seemed to be be the biggest obstacle.

From The Daily Beast

The beneficiaries of this attitudinal shift are Hindu nationalists.

From The Daily Beast

The reference is to attitudinal response, to Weltanschauung.

From Project Gutenberg