general attitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralandattitude
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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attitude
noun
uk/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But there were also numerous dissenting voices and thegeneralattituderemained, all in all, ambivalent.
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It was only at the beginning of the 1960s that thisgeneralattitudebegan to change.
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For each respondent a total 'generalattitudescale ' score was calculated by summing the scores of each individual item comprising the factor.
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The final view does not look for a response to the problem in somegeneralattitudetowards the significance of time.
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Although not explicitly stated, both committee memoranda address the overriding question about thegeneralattitudetoward life and death.
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This ecological perspective is not a 'method' for interpreting specific images, but a matter ofgeneralattitudeand way of thinking.
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Moving from thegeneralattitudeto the specific treatment of a patient is fraught with misunderstanding.
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Our narrators seemed to be somewhat critical about the way of life andgeneralattitudeof younger generations.
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We hypothesize that voters give different weights to the two types of decision criteria depending upon theirgeneralattitudetowards risk-taking.
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Fathers'generalattitudetowards birth control and preferred family size.
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Such a position goes hand in hand with thegeneralattitudethat semantics is unimportant for legal theory in general.
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More importantly, we hypothesize thatgeneralattitudetowards risk-taking influences choice through the different emphasis that some individuals might place on certain decision criteria.
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Thegeneralattitude, however, appears to be ambivalent.
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On the whole, however, thegeneralattitudehas been mildly critical but nonetheless tolerant.
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Hisgeneralattitudetowards others suggested that he was a caring and responsible person.
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Finally, tolerance of others and of their opinions is perhaps the most basicgeneralattitudeunderpinning democratic practice.
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Yet, asgeneralattitudesurveys lack questions pertaining to elections and campaigning, it is desirable for political scientists to pay serious attention to the important aspects of social life.
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Pennycook also argues that what is needed in current discussions about language is ageneralattitude toward the subject that is critical rather than merely descriptive.
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