English Language & Usage Asked by Jerry Dodge on December 11, 2020
I’ve been recently asked to watch a video titled "Diseases of Attitude". It’s essentially a metaphor for people with attitude problems.
I’m intrigued to make an opposing title, such as "Wonders of Attitude", but that just doesn’t seem to work as the opposite of "Diseases" in this context.
What title can be used in the sentence "____ of Attitude" which is the exact opposite of "Diseases of Attitude" in its same context?
How about upsides or benefits or advantages? From Lexico:
upside: The positive or favorable aspect of something.
benefit: An advantage or profit gained from something.
advantage: A favorable or desirable circumstance or feature; a benefit.
Your "diseases of attitude" focuses on the negative aspects of attitude. Upsides of attitude, benefits of attitude, advantages of attitude do the opposite.
Answered by Richard Kayser on December 11, 2020
If you want to be more alliterative (it sounds more like "diseases"), how about Successes of Attitude? Plus I think more apt for the video in question, which gives a laundry list of attitudes to avoid (indifference, pessimism, etc.).
Answered by Tom Hundt on December 11, 2020
I would suggest : Wellments of Attitude
as a wordplay on "ailments".
Given as the purpose of the lecture is to highlight several "dispositions of the mind" ( indifference, indecision, doubt, overcaution, complaining ), so to speak, to which the mind of most individuals falls prey, preventing them from self-fulfilment, it seems only right to me that wellness should be opposed to the illness of being impaired from such diseases.
You may object, though, that it is customary that "the stems to which -ment is normally appended are those of verbs" - to quote Henry Watson Fowler.
Answered by Antoine PESTEL-ROPARS on December 11, 2020
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