a feeling, emotion, or mental position, esp with regard to a situation, topic, person, etc
the arrangement of the parts of a body in sitting, standing, etc; a posture
a manner assumed for a specific purpose
adopted a threatening attitude
chiefly NAmer, informal a confrontational or deliberately challenging manner in one's dealings, esp with those in authority; studied insolence
the position of an aircraft or spacecraft relative to a particular point of reference such as the horizon
a ballet position in which one leg is raised at the back and bent at the knee
attitudinal /-ʹtyoohdinl/ adj
[French attitude from Italian attitudine aptitude, from late Latin aptitudin-, aptitudo fitness, from Latin aptus fit]