Also means
posture
Usage Note
Attitude covers both physical posture (une attitude décontractée — a relaxed posture) and a mental or behavioural stance (une mauvaise attitude — a bad attitude). It is a false friend with English 'altitude' (altitude in French). The plural attitudes follows the standard pattern.
Examples
"Son attitude calme a surpris tout le monde."
Natural Translation
Her calm attitude surprised everyone.

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