ATTITUDE  態度

RELATION between a HUMAN who FEELS and PERCEIVED OBJECTS involving a TENDENDY to REACT.
VIEWVIEWPOINTOUTLOOKPERSPECTIVESTANCESTANDPOINTPOSITIONINCLINATIONTEMPERORIENTATIONAPPROACHREACTIONOPINIONIDEASCONVICTIONSFEELINGSTHINKING
Hypernym
  • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
    • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • FEELINGNATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND.
    Hyponym
    • COURAGE VIRTUE OR ATTITUDE of DARING to ACT:carry-out DANGEROUS BUT NECESSARY ACTS.
      • BELIEVE ATTITUDE IN-RELATION-TO a THINK:thought to the effect that this THOUGHT is TRUE.
        • TRUST BELIEVE someone to be HONEST, AND TREAT that person CONFORMING TO THAT BELIEF....
        • SUSPECT BELIEVE that a PERSON OR ACTION PROBABLY is BAD, LACKING APPROPRIATE PROOF.
        • KNOW BELIEVE SOMETHING AND ASSUME:presuppose that it is TRUE....
        • SUPERSTITION BELIEVE:faith ASSUMED to be NOT BASED ON UNDERSTANDING THINGS.
        • APPRECIATE BELIEVE INTENSELY that something is EXCELLENT, GOOD AND IMPORTANT. ...
        • ILLUSION ENDURINGLY BELIEVE something that is NOT TRUE to be TRUE OR IMAGINE SOMETHING as REALthat is NOT REAL.
        • RUMOUR COMMON BELIEF that is NOT BASED on REALITY.
        • GUESS BELIEF OR SENTENCE:statement which is NOT CERTAIN, OFTEN IN-RELATION-TO the FUTURE.
        • FAITH INTENSE ENDURING BELIEF in a SYSTEM of BASIC TRUTHS IMPORTANT IN-RELATION-TO HUMAN LIFE.
        • DOCTRINE SYSTEM of ARGUED TRANSMITTED BELIEFS....
        • FANATICISM EXCESSIVELY INTENSE BELIEF IN DOCTRINES.
        • EXPECT BELIEVE that an EVENT will HAPPEN OR MAY PROBABLY HAPPEN in the FUTURE.
        • OPINION MEANING of a SENTENCE one BELIEVES to be TRUE....
        • FANATIC BELIEVE EXCESSIVELY STRONGLY, ALTHOUGH LACKING RATIONAL ARGUMENTS, AND ACT OR WISH TO ACT CRUELLY CONFORMING to one's BELIEF.
        • ASSUME BELIEVE to be BELIEVED by ALL.
      • PERSPECTIVE ATTITUDE OF LOOKING AT A GROUP OF THINGS FROM ONE SINGLE POINT IN SPACE.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        [COLLECTIVE/INDIVIDUAL]

        [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

        [LASTING/TEMPORARY]

        [PRECISE/VAGUE]

        1. The general word for the attitude of an individual or of a group of people is xīn 心, and the attitude denoted by this word may change in the course of time.

        [GENERAL], [VAGUE]

        2. Sù 素 is a basic attitude which is part of a single person's nature. This kind of attitude may change in extreme cases but is regarded as highly stable.

        [INDIVIDUAL], [LASTING]

        3. Tài 態 is a manifested personal or public attitude by an individual or a group which is taken to be momentary or temporary and there is no suggestion that it is essential to the person who has it.

        [TEMPORARY]

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        態度 is the general modern word for an attitude, both physical and psychological.

        姿態 focusses on the physical aspect of an attitude.

        神態 focusses on the way an psychological attitude manifests itself.

        情態 focusses on the emotional base of an attitude.

        意態 focusses on the behavioural manifestation of an attitude in demeanour, and the word is marginal in the group.

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

        Words

          xīn OC: slɯm MC: sim 70 Attributions

        The general word for the attitude of an individual or of a group of people is xīn 心, and the attitude denoted by this word may change in the course of time. [GENERAL], [VAGUE]

          Word relations
        • Epithet: 貳 / 二/DISLOYAL The standard word for disloyalty is èr 貳/二.
        • Epithet: 民/PEOPLE The dominant current general word for the people is mín 民 (ant. jūn 君 "ruler"), and this term refers to the people particularly insofar as they are ruled by a ruler or belong to a state.
        • Contrast: 意/INTEND Yì 意 stresses the subjective aspect of planning and desiring to do something, involved in an intention to do something.

          Syntactic words
        • nab(post-N)psychologicalthe attitude of the contextually determinate NCH
        • nab.post-Nmindset, typical inclinations of an N; attitude of an N; attitude of the N; attitude typical of the N
        • nab.post-Nattitude of N
        • nab.post-Nabpsychattitude of mind prone to Nab; psychological inclination towards Nab; primary inclination towards Nab
        • nab.post-Vattitude leading to V-ingLZ
        • nab.post-V{NUM}psychframe of mind > 億萬心, 一心 mentality; preferences; psychological attitude; inclination; motivation; motives[Note that this meaning sometimes does verge towards nab-disp.]
        • nab[post-Npro]reflexiveown attitudeCH
        • nadVwith an attitude of
        天心  tiān xīn MC: then sim OC: lʰiin slɯmCH 10 Attributions

          Syntactic words
        • NPabthe mindset/spirit of (personalised) HeavenCH
        用心  yòng xīn OC: k-loŋs slɯm MC: ji̯oŋ sim 5 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • NPabpsychthe attitude one takes; psychological technique one uses
          tài OC: nʰɯɯs MC: thəi 4 Attributions

        Tài 態 is a manifested personal or public attitude by an individual or a group which is taken to be momentary or temporary and there is no suggestion that it is essential to the person who has it. [TEMPORARY]

          Syntactic words
        • nabpsychattitude of mind
          sù OC: saas MC: suo̝ 2 Attributions

        Sù 素 is a basic attitude which is part of a single person's nature. This kind of attitude may change in extreme cases but is regarded as highly stable. [INDIVIDUAL], [LASTING]

          Syntactic words
        • nabpsychtrue basic attitudes
          yì OC: qɯɡs MC: ʔɨ 2 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • nabpsychattitude of mind, mood, frame of mind, way of thinking
        大心  dà dài xīn MC: dajH sim OC: daads slɯmLZ 2 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPipsychtend to think of things in bold terms, tend to far-reaching intentionsLZ
        小心  xiǎo xīn MC: sjewX sim OC: smewʔ slɯmLZ 2 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPipsychtend to think of things in modest, almost timid termsLZ
        異心  yì xīn OC: p-lɯɡs slɯm MC: jɨ sim 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPabpsychdeviant attitude; unorthodox points of view
        陰情  yīn qíng OC: qrɯm dzeŋ MC: ʔim dziɛŋ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPabpsychsecret real attitudes and feelings
        民意  mín yì MC: mjin 'iH OC: min qɯɡsCH 1 Attribution

          Syntactic words
        • NPabattitudes of the people; ideas of the people.CH
          qì OC: khɯds MC: khɨi 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • nabpsychdynamic attitude, dynamic propensity

        Existing SW for

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