1. 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";
   - mental attitude
    
2. The arrangement of the body and its limbs
   "he assumed an attitude of surrender";
   - position, posture
    
3. A theatrical pose created for effect
   "the actor struck just the right attitude"
    
4. Position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)
   "The pilot adjusted the aircraft's attitude to maintain level flight"

Derived forms: attitudes

See also: erect, unerect, upright, vertical

Type of: affectation, affectedness, bodily property, cognition, mannerism, noesis [technical], orientation, pose

Encyclopedia: Attitude