An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be.

Synonyms: Opinions, Opinion, Attitude, Attitudes

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65(64); was see under BEHAVIOR 1963-64 ,65; was see under BEHAVIOR 1963-64

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D001290

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