- attitude, mental attitude - 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"
--1 is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis
--1 has particulars: - position, posture, attitude - position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
--2 is a kind of bodily property
--2 has particulars:order arms; ballet position; decubitus; eversion; lithotomy position; lotus position; missionary position; pose; presentation; ectopia; asana; guard; sprawl, sprawling; stance; tuck Derived form: verb attitudinise1 - attitude - a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
--3 is a kind of affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness
Derived forms: verb attitudinize1, verb attitudinise1 - attitude - position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)
--4 is a kind of orientation
--4 has particulars: trim