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at⋅ti⋅tude

  [at-i-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
1. manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, esp. of the mind: a negative attitude; group attitudes.
2. position or posture of the body appropriate to or expressive of an action, emotion, etc.: a threatening attitude; a relaxed attitude.
3. Aeronautics. the inclination of the three principal axes of an aircraft relative to the wind, to the ground, etc.
4. Ballet. a pose in which the dancer stands on one leg, the other bent behind.
Origin:
1660–70; < F < It attitudine < LL aptitūdini- (s. of aptitūdō) aptitude

Related forms:
at⋅ti⋅tu⋅di⋅nal, adjective

Synonyms:
2. See position.
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at·ti·tude   (āt'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  
  1. A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself: stood in a graceful attitude. See Synonyms at posture.
    1. A state of mind or a feeling; disposition: had a positive attitude about work.
    2. An arrogant or hostile state of mind or disposition.
  3. The orientation of an aircraft's axes relative to a reference line or plane, such as the horizon.
  4. The orientation of a spacecraft relative to its direction of motion.
  5. A position similar to an arabesque in which a ballet dancer stands on one leg with the other raised either in front or in back and bent at the knee.

[French, from Italian attitudine, from Late Latin aptitūdō, aptitūdin-, faculty; see aptitude.]
at'ti·tu'di·nal (-tōōd'n-əl, -tyōōd'-) adj., at'ti·tu'di·nal·ly adv.
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