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MENTAL ATTITUDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
attitude; mental attitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mental attitude" is a kind of...):
cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental attitude"):
orientation (an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs)
irreverence (an irreverent mental attitude)
reverence (a reverent mental attitude)
disrespect (a disrespectful mental attitude)
esteem; regard; respect (an attitude of admiration or esteem)
intolerance (unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs)
tolerance (willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others)
disposition; inclination; tendency (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others)
position; posture; stance (a rationalized mental attitude)
paternalism (the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good)
mentality; mind-set; mindset; outlook (a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations)
southernism (an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US))
high horse (an attitude of arrogant superiority)
hardball (a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics)
defensive; defensive attitude (an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase 'on the defensive'))
culture (the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization)
acceptance; credence (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true)
