Cases of word usage

1) the mental attitude of despising (contempt)

2) the general intellectual character; degree of intellectual power; an attitude of mind (mentality)

3) a strong feeling of loyalty to one's country; (the belief in) a political attitude or system based on a feeling that one's country should be politically independent (nationalism)

4) the attitude or belief that the best thing is most likely to happen, that good will defeat evil (optimism)

5) the attitude or belief that the worst thing is most likely to happen, that everything is basically evil (pessimism)

6) the search for knowledge, especially the nature and meaning of existence; a calm, quiet attitude towards life, even in the face of unhappiness, danger, difficulty etc (philosophy)

7) a way of holding the body; an attitude (posture)

8) a change in the moral attitude causing a person, to lead a new kind of life (rebirth)

9) a way of standing; a personal attitude or opinion (stance)