Attitudinise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard form of attitudinize. British, English, Non-Oxford, alt-of, standard

    "In every line that he wrote Cicero was attitudinising for posterity, or reflecting on the effect of his conduct upon his interests or his reputation."

  2. 2
    assume certain affected attitudes wordnet

Example

More examples

"In every line that he wrote Cicero was attitudinising for posterity, or reflecting on the effect of his conduct upon his interests or his reputation."

Etymology

From Italian attitudine (“attitude, pose, posture”) + English ise (a variant of -ize (suffix forming verbs meaning ‘to do [something denoted by the word to which it is attached]’)): see further at attitudinize.

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