attitude

1 a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" [syn: mental attitude]

2 position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture]

3 a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"

4 position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

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Pronunciation

Noun

1. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
   • The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude,
2. Disposition or state of mind.
   • but had a lazy attitude to work.
3. A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude.
   • "Don't give me your attitude."
4. The orientation of an aircraft or other vehicle relative to the horizon, direction of motion etc.
   • The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.

Derived terms

• attitude-y

Translations

• Danish: holdning (1); attitude
• Dutch: houding (1); instelling , attitude (2); opstelling (3)
• Finnish: asenne (2)
• German: Haltung (1); Einstellung (2); Orientierung , Ausrichtung (4)
• Hebrew: גישה (gisha) (2)
• Ido: atitudo
• Japanese: 態度 (taido)
• Kabyle: addud
• Polish: podejście , stosunek , stanowisko , postawa
• Portuguese: atitude
• Serbian: stav, držanje, postav, stas
• Twi: suban

Attitude may refer to:

• Attitude (psychology)
• Propositional attitude
• Attitude, a pose in ballet.
• attitude the angle(s) of an aerospace vehicle with respect to a reference such as the horizon
• Attitude control in the context of spacecraft means determining and maintaining proper orientation in space.

Lifestyle and popular culture

• Attitude (rapper), an American rapper.
• attitude (magazine)
• Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists, a three-volume anthology of editorial cartoons from NBM Publishing
• Attitude (single), a song by British rock band Suede
• Attitudes (band)
• Attitude (album), an album by April Wine
• Attitude Adjustment (Hardcore/Crossover/Thrash metal band)
• Attitude (Metallica song), song from Metallica on their album Reload.
• Attitudes (TV series)
• Attitude Records (UK), a record label
• Attitude Records (US), a record label
• "Attitude", a song from Sepultura on their album Roots.
• "Attitude", a song by The Misfits on their album Static Age and later covered by Guns N' Roses and Sum 41.
• WWF Attitude, a video game.
• Attitude (band), Hardcore band from Syracuse, NY.

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