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December 22, 2008

attitude

Attitude

attitude (noun) - the way that a person thinks and feels about something, especially as demonstrated by behaviour

a positive attitude
a bad attitude

it's your attitude to people which wins them over.
one's attitude to the future

an attitude of "why bother?"

the attitude of shop staff
with such an attitude, people are disappointed
an enthusiastic and positive attitude prevailed

a change in attitude
I can sympathize with his attitude

the attitude of the authorities
the general public's attitude

a conciliatory attitude
a friendly attitude  
a belligerent attitude  
an aggressive attitude  

a negative attitude
a patronizing attitude
an ambivalent attitude

the prevailing attitude
a rock band with attitude
this attitude persists

hardens the attitude of those you are negotiating with
worried about her attitude
a big brother attitude

not the attitude that we should be taking if we want to solve the problem
something about her attitude and her personality that I thought might be really interesting
her positive attitude has been a big factor in her success

Ben's attitude was, " Well, it's over with already. " You know, so why talk about it.
flexibility of mind and attitude

people are asked attitude questions about the product before the show and after it, and given the opportunity to select the test product (from a list) as a prize or gift

the Orientalist attitude
factors such as the character, attitude, training and social background

read actively with a questioning attitude
a considerate attitude
have a more considerate attitude one where you're going to sort of give way to people

his attitude towards Doreen being one of exaggerated kindly understanding
a single-minded attitude

a permanent and highly significant change in the public attitude to private property and its use and development

the groups moral attitude towards this issue
an amoral attitude


Example sentences:

* One of the biggest differences between the best and worst firms in the industry was in their attitude to the future.

* It's your attitude to people which wins them over.

* Today I would like you to consider your attitude towards work.

* The learner may even be ridiculed for taking too long in her care, and an attitude of "why bother?" will develop.

* It is true, however, that taken as a whole, the 1947 Act created for the first time a comprehensive framework for planning and thereby laid the groundwork for a permanent and highly significant change in the public attitude to private property and its use and development.

* You also need a flexibility of mind and attitude, the ability to change your strategy and tactics to suit the occasion';.

* Always read actively, with a questioning attitude.

* An article in the Daily Mail lambasted the attitude of shop staff in the new Harriet Street branch.

* And time after time, with such an attitude, people are disappointed.

* Such an attitude often hardens the attitude of those with whom one negotiates.

* I was warmly welcomed in all cases and an enthusiastic and positive attitude prevailed although mixed with understandable anxiety concerning the radical changes proposed.

* That kind of attitude is absolutely appalling.

* Friendship is impossible if the the country maintains its traditional attitude of world hegemony.

* There was just something about her attitude and her personality that I thought might be really interesting

* She thinks her positive attitude has been a big factor in her success.

* However, it was Silas who really puzzled her, his attitude towards Doreen being one of exaggerated kindly understanding, which gave the impression he was humouring a spoilt child.

* Does he accept that that single-minded attitude about which he is boasting is the curse of British manufacturing industry?

* This change in attitude and increased government commitment (albeit limited by current economic and fiscal conditions') has produced some concrete results, most notable of which is the Irish government's decision to assume responsibility as from January 1994 for Castletown House, the largest of the great Irish Palladian country houses.

* In addition, in some systems which have operated from time to time in the UK and elsewhere, there is a procedure whereby people are asked attitude questions about the product before the show and after it, and given the opportunity to select the test product (from a list) as a prize or gift.

* For under conditions of largely unrestricted discretion, factors such as the character, attitude, training and social background of sentencers may make a considerable difference to the way their discretion is exercised.

* If you have a more considerate attitude one where you're going to sort of give way to people, show a little bit more consideration to other road users, I think you'd find that it's gonna it pays off.

* Bonnie and Clyde (1967) was one of the most influential American movies of the last decades in its amoral attitude to the outlaw, seen from a modern psychological and social viewpoint.

*  Indeed, tourism has been one of the crucial components in the west's construction of the east, and a passage from Thomas Cook's brochure for tours of Egypt and Palestine in 1925 encapsulates the Orientalist attitude: Native life and manners as seen from the steamer are as quaint a study as can well be imagined.

* The Minister's attitude reveals a clear determination to break up the system of comprehensive education in this country and replace it with something different.

* A letter from Baker to the then Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Alptemocin was leaked in the Turkish press and was shown to urge" flexibility" and" a more conciliatory attitude" on the Turkish side.

* There were still moments when he worried about her attitude.

* This is, it it's not the attitude that we need to be taking, and there's no where else we'd be supporting in, in in this, er, opposition to this particular European Council of Directive.

* And it's not big brother certainly not a big brother attitude it's just they're there to help you.

* Knowing the attitude of these men, they won't let me fail.



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