• noun:   a theatrical pose created for effect

  Example: "The actor struck just the right attitude"

• noun:   a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

  Example: "He had the attitude that work was fun"

• noun:   position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)
• noun:   position or arrangement of the body and its limbs

  Example: "He assumed an attitude of surrender"

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