attitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætɪˌt͡ʃuːd/
ipa: /ˈætɪˌtjuːd/
ipa: /ˈætɪˌtud/
ipa: [ˈæɾɪˌtud]
ipa: /ˌatɪˈt͡ʃud/
ipa: /ˈɛːtɪtˌjuːd/
Forms: form: attitudes
Etymology: From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude.
Senses: examples: text: The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.
text: The lamp stood on the table, and Carrara leant by the huge tome spread out before him; and opposite sat Beatrice, bending over her broidery—the small head, with its rich knot of gathered hair, so exquisitely placed—the slender figure, so graceful in its attitude.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 145:
synonyms: posture
stance
glosses: The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
examples: text: Don't give me your negative attitude.
text: You've got a nice attitude today.
text: The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards.
ref: 1956 September, “Notes and News: The Barby Sidings Accident Report”, in Railway Magazine, page 638:
glosses: Disposition or state of mind.
examples: text: He doesn't take attitude from anybody.
text: I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude.
text: And if a nigga get a attitude / Pop it like it's hot
ref: 2004, “Drop It Like It's Hot”, performed by Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell Williams:
glosses: Unpleasant behavior.
examples: text: The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
text: The stern planes are located well aft of the center of gravity of the submarine and their primary purpose is attitude (trim) control
ref: 1982, Thomas Charles Gillmer, Bruce Johnson, Introduction to naval architecture, page 286:
text: Scratches should be closely analyzed to determine the attitudes of the boats at the time of initial contact.
ref: 1997, Paul J. Ciolino, Grace Elting Castle, Advanced Forensic Civil Investigations, page 109:
text: The main aim of the development of the smart antenna model is to stabilize attitude of the antenna which is mounted on a platform or host structure.
ref: 1999, Smart Materials Structures of Systems, →ISBN, page 307:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
synonyms: trim
orientation
glosses: The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
examples: text: Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.
ref: 2007, Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach, page 134:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
Derived terms: aircraft attitude
attitude-adjuster
attitude check
attitude indicator
attitude reflects leadership
attitude-y
attitudinal
attitudy
baditude
brattitude
catitude
cattitude
dickitude
nonattitude
pomitude
positive mental attitude
pro-attitude
propositional attitude
tortitude
tude