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English noun: attitude | |||
| 1. | attitude (cognition) a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways | ||
| Samples | He had the attitude that work was fun. | ||
| Synonyms | mental attitude | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cognition, knowledge, noesis | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acceptance, credence, culture, defensive, defensive attitude, disposition, disrespect, esteem, hardball, high horse, inclination, intolerance, irreverence, mentality, mind-set, mindset, orientation, outlook, paternalism, position, posture, regard, respect, reverence, southernism, stance, tendency, tolerance | ||
| 2. | attitude (attribute) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | ||
| Samples | He assumed an attitude of surrender. | ||
| Synonyms | position, posture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bodily property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | asana, ballet position, decubitus, ectopia, eversion, guard, lithotomy position, lotus position, missionary position, order arms, pose, presentation, sprawl, sprawling, stance, tuck | ||
| Attribute | erect, unerect, upright, vertical | ||
| 3. | attitude (act) a theatrical pose created for effect | ||
| Samples | The actor struck just the right attitude. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affectation, affectedness, mannerism, pose | ||
| 4. | attitude position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | orientation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | trim | ||
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