English > attitude: 4 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways. |
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| Example | "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
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| Synonym | mental attitude |
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| Narrower | credence, acceptance | The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true |
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| culture | The attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social ... / social group or organization |
| defensive, defensive attitude | An attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive') |
| disrespect | A disrespectful mental attitude |
| hardball | A no-nonsense attitude in business or politics |
| high horse | An attitude of arrogant superiority |
| inclination, disposition, tendency | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| intolerance | unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs |
| irreverence | An irreverent mental attitude |
| mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set | A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations |
| orientation | An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs |
| paternalism | The attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good |
| position, stance, posture | A rationalized mental attitude |
| respect, esteem, regard | An attitude of admiration or esteem |
| reverence | A reverent mental attitude |
| southernism | An attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US) |
| tolerance | willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others |
| Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis | The psychological result of perception / perception and learning and reasoning |
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| Spanish | actitud, disposición, postura |
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| Catalan | actitud, disposició, postura |
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| Adjectives | attitudinal | of or relating to attitudes |
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English > attitude: 4 senses > noun 2, attribute| Meaning | The arrangement of the body and its limbs. |
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| Example | "he assumed an attitude of surrender" |
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| Synonyms | position, posture |
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| Attributes | erect, vertical, upright | upright in position or posture |
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| unerect | not upright in position or posture |
| Narrower | asana | (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga) |
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| ballet position | Classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet |
| decubitus | A reclining position (as in a bed) |
| ectopia | Abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth) |
| eversion | The position of being turned outward |
| guard | A posture of defence in boxing or fencing |
| lithotomy position | A position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart |
| lotus position | A sitting position with the legs crossed |
| missionary position | A position for sexual intercourse |
| order arms | A position in the manual of arms |
| pose | A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes |
| presentation | (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal |
| sprawl, sprawling | An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about |
| stance | Standing posture |
| tuck | (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest |
| Broader | bodily property | An attribute of the body |
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| Spanish | actitud, ademán, posición, postura |
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| Catalan | actitud, posat, posició, positura, postura |
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| Verbs | attitudinise | assume certain affected attitudes |
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