attitudinal meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

attitudinal

adj

UK /ˌætɪˈt͡ʃuːdɪnəl/ · US /ˌætɪˈtudɪnəl/

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.1984 February 11, Christine Guilfoy, “200 Meet With Providence Police”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 6:

attitudinal

noun

Etymology From Italian attitudine + -al, from Latin aptitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -al.

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A particle that conveys the emotion, tone, mood, or feeling of the speaker.

Specifically conlanging

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.1997, John Woldemar Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language, →ISBN, page 285:

Derived terms: attitudinalism, attitudinally, counterattitudinal, nonattitudinal

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