attitudinal
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌætɪˈt͡ʃuːdɪnəl/ / /ˌætɪˈtjuːdɪnəl/ / /ˌætɪˈtudɪnəl/
adj
Etymology: From Italian attitudine + -al, from Latin aptitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -al.
- Expressive of or pertaining to attitude.
“While Noice is generally positive about the police department he thinks that there are attitudinal problems among some of the rank and file.”
noun
Etymology: From Italian attitudine + -al, from Latin aptitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -al.
- A particle that conveys the emotion, tone, mood, or feeling of the speaker.
“The simplest way to use attitudinals is to place them at the beginning of a text. In that case, they express the speaker's prevailing attitude.”