attitude
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.
Origin of attitude
1synonym study For attitude
Other words from attitude
- at·ti·tu·di·nal [at-i-tood-n-l, -tyood-], /ˌæt ɪˈtud n l, -ˈtyud-/, adjective
Words that may be confused with attitude
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How to use attitude in a sentence
In many ways these attitudes reflect the increasingly urban-centric focus of the party.
Future lives, careers and attitudes were being determined in this lightly regulated fever.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCertainly I can imagine ways of giving this jungle hero some up-to-date progressive attitudes.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? | Ted Gioia | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAttitudes within the party were essentially unchanged; they just put new faces on an old, melanin-deprived product.
These two attitudes are proper with respect to all mythological beliefs.
Both men put themselves at once on the defensive: their blades crossed, but the attitudes were different and characteristic.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAvoid lounging attitudes, they are indelicate, except in your own private apartment.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyWhat a number of pretty coquetries do the ladies perform, and into what pretty attitudes do they take care to fall!
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayThe temple rests on the backs of numerous elephants and tigers, which lie next to each other in peaceful attitudes.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThey all arose, and, as they were directed, seated themselves in respectful attitudes on the edge of the musnud.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for attitude
/ (ˈætɪˌtjuːd) /
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 (def. 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
Origin of attitude
1Derived forms of attitude
- attitudinal, adjective
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