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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
attitude
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blinkered attitude/approach
▪ a blinkered attitude to other cultures
a positive attitude/outlook
▪ Having a positive attitude makes life so much better.
a relaxed attitude/manner/style etc
▪ She has a fairly relaxed approach to housework.
ambivalent attitude/feelings etc
cavalier attitude
▪ a cavalier attitude to the laws
changing attitudes
▪ Changing attitudes cause traditional ways of life to disappear.
complacent attitude
▪ a complacent attitude towards the problem
devil-may-care attitude
▪ a devil-may-care attitude to life
enlightened attitude/approach etc
entrenched attitudes/positions/interests etc
▪ a deeply entrenched belief in male superiority
hostile attitude
▪ his hostile attitude
laid-back attitude/manner/approach etc
▪ He is famed for his laid-back attitude.
mental attitude
▪ You need to develop a positive mental attitude.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ambivalent
▪ The same thing may explain the cricket establishment's ambivalent attitude towards the one-day matches that have shoved themselves on to the scene.
▪ The first concerns her obsession with purity and her ambivalent attitude towards it.
▪ Equally ambivalent were local attitudes to the wholesale billeting in Sussex of regular troops and other county militias during invasion scares.
▪ I've always had a rather ambivalent attitude towards something happening to my father, and it persists.
▪ We find in Charles, however, an ambivalent attitude.
▪ Enlil had an ambivalent attitude to mankind.
▪ At the moment, the public has a rather ambivalent attitude toward science.
▪ One of the consequences of this is an ambivalent attitude to black immigrants.
cavalier
▪ The engineers are not cavalier in their attitude towards the women they employ to do part of their domestic work and childcare.
▪ A cavalier attitude to purdah was one thing; for a woman to be seen exposing her nether regions quite another.
▪ It was the traditional way of avoiding the consequences of such cavalier an attitude to the obligation of Paying Your Way.
▪ This cavalier attitude assumes that people know how much inflation to expect.
changing
▪ One of the fundamental ways of changing attitudes is through information.
▪ Clearly, the post-industrial world is changing attitudes as well as places.
▪ The useful introduction discusses changing attitudes to the depiction of nature.
▪ These changing attitudes can be seen as part of the general reaction against the older voluntarism.
▪ Despite pulling the elevator back and the aeroplane changing attitude, it carried on, sinking fast.
▪ The essence of this constitutional malaise was the changing attitude of the young towards those in authority.
▪ That is to say, certain action schools were successful in changing attitudes, while others were successful in shifting option choices.
different
▪ I actually felt a different athlete, with a different attitude.
▪ Its traditional civilization, which already embodied many different beliefs and attitudes, acquired new religious elements from outside.
▪ Today, however, especially among the younger generation, we see a very different set of attitudes in western countries.
▪ But the replace-ments came in with a different attitude.
▪ Each section contains Pip's different attitudes to life.
▪ It meant, quite simply, those people with a different attitude toward life.
▪ In terms of the leadership style factors described in Chapter 10, different attitudes arise from different responsibilities.
▪ With the epidemics came greater knowledge and a different attitude toward the disease, reflected in the change in its name.
general
▪ The extent to which bereavement is worked through depends on self-awareness, external support, professional help and general attitudes.
▪ His general attitude toward the public is, just give him his millions and leave him alone.
▪ Perceptions such as these would have affected general conduct and attitude.
▪ We wish to make statements, based on those separate interviews, about the general state of attitudes in these nations.
▪ His general attitude is one of an untiring and immense courtesy and helpfulness.
▪ A Buddhist monk offered prayers for their health and happiness in contrast to the royal couple's general downcast attitude.
▪ But condescension was the general attitude.
▪ Furthermore, the unfavourable climate may have repercussions on the general attitudes to the black population in the United Kingdom.
hostile
▪ A combination of lax discipline and hostile attitudes on the part of both parents encourages very aggressive and poorly controlled behaviour in their offspring.
▪ Emily paced around the book-lined study and blamed her father for his hostile attitude to Craig.
▪ Punitive methods persistently used against a background of rejecting, hostile parental attitudes lead, in the long term, to trouble.
▪ Given Ben Silcock's apparently hostile attitude to authority, how would supervision work?
▪ These found, in the main, that Blacks had a consistently more hostile attitude to the police.
▪ It was therefore a shock to face such hostile and patronising attitudes when I arrived.
▪ Her first impressions, she supposed, had been gained merely from his hostile attitude at the fountain.
mental
▪ Once we started trekking we soon discovered that mental attitude and camaraderie were far more important than physical fitness.
▪ Are they part of your mental attitude that might defeat you in your desire to change?
▪ The coach was right, his mental attitude was right.
▪ A positive mental attitude is needed by each fighter at this point.
▪ Attention was given to planning, diet, fitness and mental attitude, the latter under the guidance of a sports psychologist.
▪ A further factor which can have an effect on the results of an experiment is the mental attitude of the experimenter.
▪ Such mental attitudes may be wholly unconscious and are difficult, if not impossible, to eliminate.
negative
▪ Since women in general have less social prestige than men, this in itself tends to reinforce negative attitudes to the elderly.
▪ Her work suffered and her supervisor noticed an unusually negative attitude towards colleagues and customers alike.
▪ This has tended to foster a very negative attitude towards this form of provision and the staff who work in such units.
▪ This negative attitude can extend into all areas of life.
▪ Many of the female students had been academic failures at school and had negative attitudes to teachers.
▪ Such questions indicate how complex and deeply rooted are some of our negative attitudes to the aged.
▪ This will do more to inspire public confidence than the prison officers' negative attitude.
▪ Deaf people also imagined hearing people to hold more negative attitudes than they actually did.
political
▪ Employment; Political behaviour and attitudes.
▪ We need a shift in cultural and political attitudes about parking lots.
▪ Third, there is the question of the military's political attitude.
▪ The political personality approach assumes that knowledge of the relevant personality traits will enable the analyst to understand political attitudes and behavior.
▪ Occupations and professions; Political behaviour and attitudes.
▪ In this view, persistence is the rule for political attitudes and behaviors that are learned early.
▪ We can relate specific adult political attitudes and behavioral propensities to the manifest and latent political socialization experiences of childhood.
positive
▪ A positive attitude towards ageing doesn't happen overnight, it comes with age.
▪ For Dexter Yager and for millions of businessmen andwomen like him, success begins with a positive attitude.
▪ Third, recognise that the moment you lose your positive attitude you are victimising yourself. 4.
▪ One reason is that employers and trade unions are pressing for a more positive attitude towards the euro.
▪ Their positive, cooperative attitude contributes to their output as well as that of their colleagues.
▪ Such a positive attitude will override any negative thoughts.
▪ The power to inspire a positive attitude in others is a priceless professional asset.
public
▪ In such research, exact statistics of public attitudes are of small importance.
▪ He also conceded that public attitudes about smoking are shifting.
▪ Adoption has decreased dramatically during 20 years as a reflection of changes in legislation and public attitudes.
▪ In Gloucestershire, the number of positive pre-Christmas breath tests has halved in 6 years, reflecting a public change of attitude.
▪ Public relations is a continuing activity which is sensitive to a changing market-place, public attitudes and national and international events.
▪ Those countries where public attitudes are most tolerant are those where homosexuals are most visible, and gay groups most active.
▪ Polls in the state of public opinion and attitudes offered contrary findings.
▪ It is reasonable to expect that public attitudes and beliefs about attempted suicide will affect its incidence.
social
▪ In spite of victory, Britain's participation in two world wars accelerated social changes, altering both social attitudes and power relations.
▪ Changing social attitudes and holding people responsible for their behavior is what leads to real change.
▪ In any event, social attitudes towards teacher authority appear to be changing.
▪ People brought up and educated in different decades hold different social values and attitudes.
▪ It is not only a question of social attitudes to divorce.
▪ The social nature of attitudes can be seen, not only by their context, but also by their content.
▪ Let us begin with social attitudes to ageing.
■ NOUN
change
▪ Apply coarse nose down trim with each attitude change and as the speed increases. 4.
▪ Social Psychology was built on studies of voter behavior, social power, and attitude change.
▪ Corrections to maintain the glide path are made with attitude changes of a quarter to half a bar.
▪ However, this view was challenged by evidence that political learning and attitude change do continue throughout adult life.
▪ The second piece of evidence lies in the field of attitude change.
▪ This correction will be achieved with a pitch attitude change of half a bar on the Artificial Horizon.
▪ One scene on the tour summed up the attitude change.
▪ Coordinators' unanimity about attitude change in their schools is significant for two reasons.
■ VERB
adopt
▪ I am disappointed the policy review has adopted such a negative attitude both to a Bill of Rights and electoral reform.
▪ Encourage employees to adopt a problem-solving attitude when discussing sensitive issues.
▪ The least they did was to adopt a laissez-faire attitude or one of deliberate non-interference so that the women felt free of pressure.
▪ A society that widely adopts this attitude is in trouble.
▪ Indeed it would have been quite impossible for it to have adopted any other attitude.
▪ Nearly 75 percent of all adults believe that depressed people can recover on their own by just adopting a positive attitude.
▪ Cynics - who adopt their attitude as a defence to protect themselves against their hopes being dashed - may ridicule you.
▪ That is what we seek to do, rather than adopting a defeatist attitude to the delivery of health care.
express
▪ What actions express an attitude is largely a matter of social convention.
▪ Academic people can express a caring attitude by applying or sharing information, especially their insights or conclusions, freely with others.
▪ They may, but need not, express themselves in one's attitude towards the law.
▪ Cecil had expressed his own attitude at great length and less clarity a year or two before this.
reflect
▪ His game reflects an attitude with shots crisp, incisively biting.
▪ The black jurors who voted to acquit Simpson reflected the attitudes of their communities and brought their life experiences into the courtroom.
▪ However, she felt that this was artificial and did not reflect their real attitudes.
▪ The second is a measure of the depth and severity of partisan cleavage, reflected in attitudes toward marriage across party lines.
▪ His performance in the job was to reflect that attitude.
▪ Our thoughts on dying, of course, reflect our attitudes toward life.
▪ Between them they reflect some of the attitudes and show some of the suffering of the period.
▪ This has been reflected in the attitude of the National Front towards new commonwealth citizens in the United Kingdom in recent times.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
adopt an approach/policy/attitude etc
▪ Can a school board adopt a policy prohibiting dancing at school?
▪ He also agreed to adopt policies on affirmative action and ethics.
▪ It is essential that these countries, too, adopt policies that will help to protect the Ozone Layer.
▪ It is very hard convincing powers like the World Bank to adopt policies that truly help the poorest.
▪ No-Layoff Policies Perhaps the best way to secure union cooperation is to adopt a policy of no layoffs.
▪ Their purpose is to influence government to adopt policies favourable to them.
▪ This structure can neither impose law upon its members nor force one of them to adopt a policy with which it disagrees.
▪ Ultimately, planners adopted a policy of non-violence.
colour sb's judgement/opinions/attitudes etc
cop an attitude
laissez-faire attitude/approach etc
▪ After the Williams Report, it was very hard to argue convincingly for a laissez-faire approach to screen entertainment.
▪ In the light of this we briefly consider rules and laissez-faire approaches to mergers as alternatives to that of pragmatic cost-benefit.
▪ Market-orientated, almost laissez-faire attitudes figured ever more prominently in the Conservative Party when in opposition in the 1970s.
▪ Proponents of this laissez-faire approach have however themselves been challenged.
▪ The least they did was to adopt a laissez-faire attitude or one of deliberate non-interference so that the women felt free of pressure.
▪ Thus we might expect to move gradually to a more participative or laissez-faire approach.
strike a pose/attitude
▪ Sometimes, striking an attitude against an Italianate blue sky, Wandsworth looked magnificent.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His attitude to his new job seemed to be very negative.
▪ I don't understand your attitude. Why don't you like her?
▪ In order to change attitudes towards employing women, the government is bringing in new laws.
▪ Officials took the attitude that the problem was not their responsibility.
▪ Since the 1960s, there has been a big change in people's attitudes to sex before marriage.
▪ Some of the guys have a real macho attitude.
▪ The book explains some of the attitudes and values of the Victorians.
▪ The team just came out for the second half with a different attitude.
▪ They maintained an attitude of defiance to social conventions.
▪ What I don't need is somebody with an attitude problem.
▪ When I told them I was a doctor their whole attitude changed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And Frye had very little confidence in his ability to transform attitudes.
▪ He had attitude, the right stuff, like a nineteenth-century beatnik.
▪ It is an attitude that reeks of strength and self-confidence.
▪ Piaget contends that the basis for social interchange is a reciprocity of attitudes and values between the young child and others.
▪ Pity that this convoluted attitude towards violence doesn't prevail in all Slavic societies today.
▪ So there may be something in the advice to take a positive attitude.
▪ The crux of the matter is that attitudes on the character and scope of planning have changed.
▪ This has tended to foster a very negative attitude towards this form of provision and the staff who work in such units.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attitude

Attitude \At"ti*tude\, n. [It. attitudine, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus suited, fitted: cf. F. attitude. Cf. Aptitude.]

  1. (Paint. & Sculp.) The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

  2. The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the manner in which the parts of his body are disposed; position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.

  3. Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion.

    The attitude of the country was rapidly changing.
    --J. R. Green.

    To strike an attitude, to take an attitude for mere effect.

    Syn: Attitude, Posture.

    Usage: Both of these words describe the visible disposition of the limbs. Posture relates to their position merely; attitude refers to their fitness for some specific object. The object of an attitude is to set forth exhibit some internal feeling; as, attitude of wonder, of admiration, of grief, etc. It is, therefore, essentially and designedly expressive. Its object is the same with that of gesture; viz., to hold forth and represent. Posture has no such design. If we speak of posture in prayer, or the posture of devotion, it is only the natural disposition of the limbs, without any intention to show forth or exhibit.

    'T is business of a painter in his choice of attitudes (positur[ae]) to foresee the effect and harmony of the lights and shadows.
    --Dryden.

    Never to keep the body in the same posture half an hour at a time.
    --Bacon.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
attitude

1660s, via French attitude (17c.), from Italian attitudine "disposition, posture," also "aptness, promptitude," from Late Latin aptitudinem (nominative aptitudo; see aptitude). Originally 17c. a technical term in art for the posture of a figure in a statue or painting; later generalized to "a posture of the body supposed to imply some mental state" (1725). Sense of "settled behavior reflecting feeling or opinion" is first recorded 1837. Connotations of "antagonistic and uncooperative" developed by 1962 in slang.

Wiktionary
attitude

n. 1 The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture. 2 disposition or state of mind. 3 (context uncountable countable English) A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing. 4 (context aeronautics nautical engineering English) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc. 5 (context ballet English) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee. vb. 1 To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose. 2 To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.

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WordNet
attitude

  1. n. 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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Wikipedia
Attitude

Attitude may refer to:

Attitude (psychology)

In psychology, an attitude is an expression of favor or disfavor toward a person, place, thing, or event (the attitude object). Prominent psychologist Gordon Allport once described attitudes "the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary social psychology." Attitude can be formed from a person's past and present. Key topics in the study of attitudes include attitude measurement, attitude change, consumer behavior, and attitude-behavior relationships.

Attitude (magazine)

Attitude (often stylized as attitude) is a British gay lifestyle magazine owned by Attitude Media Ltd. It is sold worldwide as a physical magazine, and as a digital download for the iPad and iPhone via the App Store, and for Android devices via the Android Market. The first issue of attitude appeared in May 1994. A separate Thai edition and Vietnamese one has been published since March 2011 and November 2013, respectively.

Attitude (April Wine album)

Attitude is the thirteenth studio album by the Canadian rock band April Wine, released in October 1993 (see 1993 in music). It was the band's first album since their break-up in the 1980s. The boy on the front cover of the album is Myles Goodwyn's son.

Attitude (Susperia album)

Attitude is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian thrash metal band Susperia.

Attitude (EP)

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.

Attitude (Rip Rig + Panic album)

Attitude is the third and final studio album by the post-punk band Rip Rig + Panic, released in 1983 by Virgin Records.

Attitude (TV series)

Attitude is a New Zealand television programme showcasing the lives of people living with disability. It aims to promotes possibilities, especially for those living with disability and chronic health issues.

Attitude (The Kinks song)

"Attitude" is a song by the British rock band The Kinks, released on their album, Low Budget. It was written by Ray Davies.

Attitude (Sepultura song)

"Attitude" is Sepultura's eighth official single, and the second of three to be taken from the 1996 album Roots. The song remains a concert staple to this day. A music video was filmed for the single which features the band performing beside a mixed martial arts cage, in which various people (including businessmen and tribesmen) are fighting whilst being filmed. The Gracie family also appear in the video. This video can be found on the VHS We Are What We Are, which was later released on DVD as part of Chaos DVD.

The song's lyrics were written by Max Cavalera's stepson Dana Wells, who also came up with the idea for the video. Dana was killed in an automobile accident not too long after the album was released, which was one of the catalysts for Max leaving the band and starting Soulfly, who perform a different version of "Attitude" named "The Song Remains Insane", although using the same set of lyrics. This refrain in particular also crops up again in the song "The Doom Of All Fires" on Cavalera Conspiracy's debut album Inflikted. Due to its origins "Attitude" has become a tribute to Dana in the years since his death.

The song also appears in live form on the band's live releases Under a Pale Grey Sky and Live in São Paulo. Max Cavalera has also played the song live numerous times with Soulfly. Recordings of their version can be found on the limited edition version of Soulfly and on the DVD The Song Remains Insane.

Attitude (heraldry)

In heraldry, an attitude is the position in which an animal, fictional beast, mythical creature, human or human-like being is emblazoned as a charge, supporter or crest. Many attitudes apply only to predatory beasts and are exemplified by the beast most frequently found in heraldry—the lion. Some other terms apply only to docile animals, such as the doe. Other attitudes describe the positions of birds, mostly exemplified by the bird most frequently found in heraldry—the eagle. The term naiant (swimming), however, is usually reserved for fish but may also apply to swans, ducks or geese. Birds are often further described by the exact position of their wings. The term segreant is apparently reserved for mythical creatures, as this term is the approximation of rampant as it applies to winged quadrupeds such as griffins and dragons.

Additionally, there are positions applying to direction, to indicate variations from the presumed position of any charge. Animals and animal-like creatures are presumed to be shown in profile, facing dexter (the viewer's left), and humans and human-like beings are presumed to be shown affronté (facing the viewer), unless otherwise specified in the blazon.

Attitude (Troop album)

Attitude is the second album by new jack swing group Troop released by Atlantic Records on October 13, 1989. The album features numerous debuts by a few well known musicians. The songs "My Music" and "I Will Always Love You" marked the debut of record producer Dallas Austin, who co-produced the songs with his mentor Joyce "Fenderella" Irby - a former member of the band Klymaxx. A then-unknown Trent Reznor appeared as one of the recording engineers on the Gerald Levert produced songs "That's My Attitude" and "For You". The video version of the single "Spread My Wings" was the one of the first songs remixed by hip hop producer Clark Kent.

Attitude was the highest charting album from Troop, peaking within the Top 5 on the Top R&B Albums chart and received a gold certification. It spawned the group's first two R&B hits to peak at number-one: " Spread My Wings" and the cover of the Jackson 5 song, " All I Do Is Think of You," both of which was produced by singer and producer Chuckii Booker. Booker originally wanted to keep "Spread My Wings" for his 1989 debut Chuckii, but group member Steve Russell insisted on recording it for Attitude. Attitude remains as Troop's highest selling album to date.

Attitude (art)

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. An example of a conventional attitude in art is proskynesis to indicate submissive respect toward God, emperors, clerics of high status, and religious icons; in Byzantine art, it is particularly characteristic in depictions of the emperor paying homage to Christ. In 20th- and 21st-century art history, "attitude" is used most often to label one of these conventional postures; another example is the orans pose.

"Attitude" was arguably more important as an aesthetic term in the 19th century, when it was defined in one art-related dictionary as

the posture or disposition of the limbs and members of a figure, by which we discover the action in which it is engaged, and the very sentiment supposed to be in the mind of the person represented. It comprehends all the motions of the body, and requires a perfect knowledge of ponderation, and whatever refers to the centre of gravity; but whatsoever attitude be given to any figure, that attitude must show the beautiful parts, as much as the subject will permit, let the subject be what it will. It must, besides, have such a turn as, without departing from probability, or from the character of the figure, may diffuse a beauty over the action. It is allowed that the choice of fine attitudes constitutes the greatest part of the beauties of grouping.

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Usage examples of "attitude".

Dushau-shipboard Sentients, or Dushau attitudes toward Allegiancy law.

This anarchistic attitude ruled all behavior, beginning with the smallest social unit, die family.

It may be de rigueur in academic circles to moan about the myth of Sisyphus and the pointless futility of human existence, but such an attitude is antithetical to the principles of science fiction.

Sisyphus and the pointless futility of human existence, but such an attitude is antithetical to the principles of science fiction.

Crauford, in his favorite antithetical phrase, throwing himself in his attitude against the chimney-piece.

The Portuguese, unlike the British or German colonists, had a relaxed attitude toward miscegenation and the result was a large mulatto population and an official policy of assimilado under which any person of color, if he attained certain civilized standards, was considered to be white and enjoyed Portuguese nationality.

Jewish students should be so influenced by anti-Semitic thought, especially as at the same time, socialism, with its assimilationist attitudes towards the Jews, was gaining considerable support in the society around them.

Margo trimmed their attitude by adjusting the amount of ordinary air contained in ballonets inside the hydrogen bag.

He had been struck by the attitude of the bargee when he went on board near Juziers.

Doc watched him coming without apparent curiosity, and when he noticed the bargee his attitude did not change.

For, indeed, now Wuher the bartender had an entirely new attitude toward droids.

De Batz, smiling and complacent, was leaning back in his chair, looking at his young friend with perfect contentment expressed in every line of his pock-marked face and in the very attitude of his well-fed body.

As for myself, who am true Yorkshire also, I take the most honest pride in hearing them describe your elegant attitude, leaning back in your britzska, with your feet on the opposite cushions, your hat arranged aside with that air of undefinable grace characteristic of the Grand Seigneur, and, which is the last remnant of the feudal system, your reiterated orders to drive over an old woman.

If a Harry Broll can damned near kill you, Travis, what about somebody with a more professional attitude and background?

Even those once known to support that right above all others had been browbeaten and tempted by preferment to adopt a different attitude.