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attitudinal

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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: at·ti·tude
Pronunciation: 'at-&-"t(y)üd
Function: noun
1 : the arrangement of the parts of the body : POSTURE
2 a : a mental position with regard to a fact or state b : a feeling or emotiontoward a fact or state
3 : an organismic state of readiness to respond in a characteristic way to a stimulus (as an object, concept, or situation)

Main Entry: at·ti·tu·di·nal
Pronunciation: "at-&-'t(y)üd-n&l, -&n-&l
Function: adjective
: relating to, based on, or expressive of personal attitudes or feelings <attitudinal responses of college students>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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attitude at·ti·tude (āt'ĭ-t&oomacr;d', -ty&oomacr;d')
n.

  1. The position of the body and limbs; posture.

  2. A manner of acting.

  3. A relatively stable and enduring predisposition to behave or react in a characteristic way.

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