different between attitude vs sportsmanship

English

Etymology

From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptit?d? (“aptitude”) and actit?d? (“acting, posture”), from Latin apt? and actit?. Doublet of aptitude.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æt??tju?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æt?tud/, [?æ??tud]

Noun

attitude (countable and uncountable, plural attitudes)

1. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.

   Synonyms: posture, stance

2. (figuratively) Disposition or state of mind.

3. (Canada, US) Unpleasant behavior. [1]

4. (aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.

   Synonyms: trim, orientation
5. (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
   • 2007, Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach, page 134,

     Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.

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Verb

attitude (third-person singular simple present attitudes, present participle attituding, simple past and past participle attituded)

1. To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
   • 1823, Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad, Volume 1, page 122,

     […] nymphs of quality, formed for the offices of love and of conversation, are attituded about her, each star set as it were in surrounding satellites of admirers; […]

   • 1837, William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1, page 123,

     Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in […]

   • 1971, American Astronautical Society, Advances in Astronautical Sciences, Volume 29, Part 2, page 395,

     The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.

2. To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
   • 2002, Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter, page 33,

     He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.

   • 2008, Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel, page 12,

     The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.

   • 2010, R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later, page 82,

     I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.

Further reading

• attitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• attitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• attuited

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ti.tyd/

Noun

attitude f (plural attitudes)

1. attitude, position

English

Etymology

sportsman +? -ship

Noun

sportsmanship (usually uncountable, plural sportsmanships)

1. The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.
2. The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, winning or losing gracefully.

Translations

See also

• good sport
• poor sport

Further reading

• sportsmanship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia