mental attitude

Noun
  1. A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways (synset 106202938)
    "he had the attitude that work was fun"
    is a type of: cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
    subtypes:
    • acceptance, credence - the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
    • culture - the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
    • defensive, defensive attitude - an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
    • hardball - a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics
    • high horse - an attitude of arrogant superiority
    • southernism - an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US)
    • mentality, mind-set, mindset, outlook - a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
    • paternalism - the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
    • position, posture, stance - a rationalized mental attitude
    • disposition, inclination, tendency - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
    • tolerance - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
    • intolerance - unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
    • esteem, regard, respect - an attitude of admiration or esteem
    • disrespect - a disrespectful mental attitude
    • reverence - a reverent mental attitude
    • irreverence - an irreverent mental attitude
    • orientation - an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
    same as: attitude

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