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The word attitude comes from Italian roots linked to what?

attitude

[at-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈæt ɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /




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We don’t have the opportunity to just cast aside potential allies because of some twisted moral-purity attitude that we have.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Roman's attitude control system first points the spacecraft toward the correct area of the sky.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ericka at first takes only a nominally enthusiastic attitude toward vying for the crown, and she’s not particularly antipathetic to Paulina either—at least until she witnesses Paulina’s cruel and domineering behavior toward her fellow students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“But even the attitude. Just the attitude — like he’s having fun up there. First year or even before, he just kept getting worse and worse every year.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

A rush of events soon changed Wilson’s attitude toward the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Which means these attitudes are not just confined to dedicated craft-snarking spaces.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

But experts say Malaysian attitudes towards migrants, particularly the Rohingya, soured during the Covid-19 pandemic when they became targets of misinformation about the disease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Those state-by-state questions—some referendums, directed to voters by state legislatures, others initiatives, put forward by citizens themselves—offer a fascinating look at trends, as well as attitudes toward specific issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Researcher and performer Komita Dhanda says changing attitudes to public spaces are also driving the decline.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

That response is predictable because most people assume that racism, and racial systems generally, are fundamentally a function of attitudes.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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