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attitude

[ at-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially 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.


attitude

/ ˈæɪˌː /

noun

  1. the way a person views something or tends to behave towards it, often in an evaluative way
  2. a theatrical pose created for effect (esp in the phrase strike an attitude )
  3. a position of the body indicating mood or emotion
  4. informal.
    a hostile manner

    don't give me attitude, my girl

  5. the orientation of an aircraft's axes in relation to some plane, esp the horizontal See also axis 1
  6. the orientation of a spacecraft in relation to its direction of motion
  7. ballet a classical position in which the body is upright and one leg raised and bent behind
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٳپˈٳܻ徱Բ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·پ·ٳ·徱·Բ [at-i-, tood, -n-l, -, tyood, -], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of attitude1

First recorded in 1660–70; from French, from Italian attitudine, from Late Latin پū徱Ծ- (stem of پūō ); aptitude
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of attitude1

C17: from French, from Italian attitudine disposition, from Late Latin پūō fitness, from Latin aptus apt
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Moving to the general population meant interacting with young guys, some of them with attitudes.

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Consumer attitudes have changed since then, and buyers do seem more interested in natural colorants, said Renee Leber, the food science and technical services manager at the Institute of Food Technologists.

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Binet faced questions on a wide range of issues, including misogynistic attitudes in the health service, the decision to scrap the women's health strategy, and gaps in gynaecological care.

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“Even while emerging from a coma, my attitude remained the same as always,” he wrote.

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Fauxitude takes on another more general but profound meaning when we are required to maintain a falsely pleasant and accommodating attitude, regardless of our true feelings, powerful ideas and drive to collaborate and succeed.

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