/ ˈætɪtjuːd; NAmE ˈætɪtuːd/ noun
1.
[ C ] attitude (to / towards sb/sth) the way that you think and feel about sb/sth; the way that you behave towards sb/sth that shows how you think and feel :
changes in public attitudes to marriage
the government's attitude towards single parents
to have a good / bad / positive / negative attitude towards sb/sth
Youth is simply an attitude of mind .
If you want to pass your exams you'd better change your attitude!
You're taking a pretty selfish attitude over this, aren't you?
A lot of drivers have a serious attitude problem (= they do not behave in a way that is acceptable to other people) .
2.
[ U ] confident, sometimes aggressive behaviour that shows you do not care about other people's opinions and that you want to do things in an individual way :
a band with attitude
You'd better get rid of that attitude and shape up, young man.
3.
[ C ] ( formal ) a position of the body :
Her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer.
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see strike verb
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent. (denoting the placing or posture of a figure in art): from French , from Italian attitudine fitness, posture, from late Latin aptitudo , from aptus fit.