attitude

Meanings

• 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"
• 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)

Synonyms

mental attitude, position, posture