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Type Words
Synonyms position, posture
Type of bodily property
Has types presentation, lithotomy position, lotus position, tuck, ballet position, missionary position, asana, order arms, decubitus, sprawl, sprawling, stance, ectopia, pose, eversion, guard
Derivation attitudinise


he assumed an attitude of surrender.
Type Words
Synonyms mental attitude
Type of cognition, noesis, knowledge
Has types respect, credence, culture, defensive, defensive attitude, disposition, disrespect, esteem, hardball, high horse, inclination, intolerance, irreverence, mentality, mind-set, mindset, orientation, outlook, paternalism, position, posture, regard, acceptance, reverence, southernism, stance, tendency, tolerance


he had the attitude that work was fun.
Type Words
Type of mannerism, affectation, affectedness, pose
Derivation attitudinise, attitudinize


the actor struck just the right attitude.
Type Words
Type of orientation
Has types trim

Examples of attitude

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You have a great attitude and you're right, you can't control where they hit it.
From the denverpost.com
The all-or-nothing attitude that some people are showing is totally unrealistic.
From the washingtontimes.com
Judging by performance, Taylor seemed to adopt more of a never-say-die attitude.
From the stltoday.com
He was out of shape, and his lousy attitude rubbed off on some of his teammates.
From the freep.com
Of course, being lucky isn't just about adopting a relaxed attitude toward life.
From the forbes.com
Others grouse that Schaaff has demonstrated little of Jobs'take-charge attitude.
From the businessweek.com
Not only will it enhance your skills, it will speak volumes about your attitude.
From the suntimes.com
Much of it sprang from an irreverent attitude toward ancient Roman architecture.
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Perhaps resistance to bilingual education is a vestige of that earlier attitude.
From the dailyherald.com
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  • 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"
  • Position: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
  • A theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
  • Position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)
  • The Euler angles are three angles introduced by Leonhard Euler to describe the orientation of a rigid body. To describe such an orientation in 3-dimensional Euclidean space three parameters are required. They can be given in several ways, Euler angles being one of them; see charts on SO(3) for others...
  • Attitude is the thirteenth studio album by the Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music).
  • Attitude as a term of fine art refers to the posture or gesture given to a figure by a painter or sculptor. It applies to the body and not to a mental state, but the arrangement of the body is presumed to serve a communicative or expressive purpose. ...
  • Attitude is Japanese Pop singer and actress Meisa Kuroki's first EP. It was released on January 1, 2010, by her record label Studioseven Recordings.
  • In geometry the orientation or attitude of a body is a description of how it is aligned to the space it is in. ...