to posture
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7.7
- verb
- /ˈpɑːstʃər/
:
adoptar una pose
- I'm sure you will agree the Republicans and Democrats are just posturing with this 'war on women.'
- just posturing
- stop posturing
- try to posture
Again, that is why they posture and say these awful things.
- Again, that is why they posture and say these awful things.
- Sometimes narcissistic people will sort of posture at apologizing.
- I'm either going to hide or I'm going to posture up, you know?
- And because they're young men, they postured up and just realizing that you might be.
Examples
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Now, of course, Boehner could just be posturing in advance of negotiations.
Blog text (24) -
Sometimes narcissistic people will sort of posture at apologizing.
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Yes, Mr. Obama knows this, and that is why he continues to posture himself in the media.
Blog text (28) -
Because it's fun to posture on issues like Ukraine or Iran.
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Cameron pulls back and attempts to posture himself in a manly way for the others now watching.
Fiction book (1999) -
A modernist party that postures as a party of civil rights.
Blog text (31) -
The Russian president is simply posturing, pounding his chest.
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But, in reality, the good Senator is just posturing for the ill-informed voter.
Blog text (14) -
However, Cobb's public posturing as a family man... was just that, posturing.
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In order to impress the audience, the speaker began to posture as an expert on the subject.
Synonyms
54
6.5
To act in a way that is not natural to impress others
41
5.5
To walk proudly to attract attention
12
7.7
To show off something to impress other people, often on social media
9
5.6
To walk or behave in a confident way to impress others
8
7.9
To show off to attract attention from others
4
8.4
Act as if you are better than other people
3
7.7
To confidently show your skills or style to impress people
2
8.9
To pretend to be someone you are not to impress others
1
9.9
Act in a showy way to impress people
1
7.5
To behave so others notice you in an embarrassing way
To act in a way that is not natural to impress others
To show things in a way that makes people admire you
To act in a dramatic way to get attention
Walk in a proud showy way to get attention
Compounds
- Formal
1
7.3
The state of a country's armed forces, their strength and ability to fight
How Artificial
Surface Forms
Etymology
Posture comes from a Latin root ponere meaning 'to place' and is related to common words like pose and position; think of someone 'placing' an attitude in front of others, so to posture is to put on an artificial pose to impress people.