posturing
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈpɑːstərɪŋ/
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afectación
- His constant posturing at social events makes it hard to see who he really is.
- political posturing
- public posturing
- posturing and rhetoric
But there's no posturing from his left brain.
- But there's no posturing from his left brain.
- The number two reason is what I'm going to call posturing and power.
- But you do have a lot of geopolitical posturing, should I say, going on right now.
- So therefore, some of these things I'm not all that happy about his posturing on on behalf of critical race theory.
- They are also challenging, but not in a way that puts people on the defensive or invites posturing.
- And so the TikTok generation is kind of quite infamous for being quite woken, you know, into all this kind of like sort of social justice posturing.
- This is a posturing about something that you can do even though it doesn't matter, because you don't want people to understand what you can't do.
Examples
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In both, he cautions against intellectual posturing, culture idolatry, and the downgrading of the imagination.
Academic text (1997) -
Over the last three days we've heard more posturing than solutions, more excuses than explanations.
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In such a game, we would expect much posturing and little actual negotiation.
Academic text (1994) -
However, Cobb's public posturing as a family man... was just that, posturing.
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Too often, underlying claims that Iraq is in a civil war are political posturing and imprecise definitions.
Academic text (2007) -
Succinctly, she unveils the beauty contest as a platform for political posturing and maneuvering.
Academic text (2005) -
The existing class dynamic, which included posturing, flirting, and attention-seeking between the sexes, stole time from instruction.
Academic text (2008) -
The politician's posturing during the debate focused more on appealing to voters than on discussing real issues.
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Many companies engage in posturing to create a positive image, even if their practices don't match their claims.
Synonyms
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5.1
A way of showing yourself that hides problems to make others think well of you
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7.0
A way of behaving that is not genuine to impress others
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8.6
A fake way of speaking or behaving to impress others
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7.7
A way of acting like you are very important that annoys other people
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6.3
An act of trying to get attention by doing dramatic moves
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9.9
Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
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8.5
An act of showing off money or achievements to get attention
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8.1
Doing dramatic things to get attention or praise
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7.7
Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
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6.5
An exaggerated way of acting on purpose to impress others or hide feelings
1
7.0
A way of acting shy to seem attractive or get attention
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4.1
A way of acting to make others believe something that is not true
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7.4
Pretending to have an illness or feeling to trick others
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9.2
Too much praise that tries to make people like you
Actions that seem important but do not make real change
A performance that tries to get attention by being loud or dramatic
Antonyms
How Artificial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word posturing comes from posture, which means 'body position'. Think of someone striking a strong pose to look important; posturing is acting that way to 'show off' or impress rather than be sincere.