attitudes

plural of attitude
as in stances
a general way of holding the body had the ramrod straight attitude of a man who had spent all of his life in the military

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Recent Examples of attitudes This week’s Pollwatcher looks at Americans’ attitudes and behaviors toward college education and highlights polls from two key House districts. — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 Governments from tiny Qatar and Kuwait to much larger Saudi Arabia and Algeria are navigating shifting attitudes around the role of women – while also confronting economic and employment challenges. — Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026 Musk has tied his own attitudes on transgender rights to his estrangement from one of his children, who is a transgender woman. — Lisa Hagen, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Pencil, pleated, embellished, embroidered, sheer, or sharply cut, the skirt as a vehicle for different attitudes. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 Top banking analyst Mike Mayo of Wells Fargo is out with his third-quarter earnings preview, with mixed attitudes on Club names BNY and Goldman Sachs . — Matthew J. Belvedere,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 These anti-Haitian attitudes reflect the overtly racial overtones of the immigration debate. — Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 The two candidates have very different attitudes toward incrementalism. — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026 Some have had to compromise on their strict non-consumerist attitudes. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attitudes
Noun
  • However, several Democrats, especially those in red-leaning districts, seem to be changing their messaging and backtracking on pro-transgender stances in their latest campaign ads.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Donalds and Jolly both declined to clarify their stances about guns on campus when reached by the Times.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Alice and Gemma really don’t seem to get along, and neither seems inclined to back down from their hostile postures.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That is a chain of very different tasks and different security postures.
    — Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Attitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attitudes. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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