posturing

pos·ture

 (pŏs′chər)

n.

1.

a. A position of a person's body or body parts: a sitting posture; the posture of a supplicant.

b. A characteristic way of bearing one's body; carriage: stooped posture.

2. Zoology A position of an animal's body or body parts, especially for the purpose of communication: a dog's submissive posture.

3. Relative placement or arrangement: the posture of the buildings on the land.

4. A condition or state under certain circumstances: the nation's posture in the world economy.

5.

a. An attitude or way of behaving, especially when adopted to have an effect on others: assumed a posture of angry defiance.

b. An approach or policy with regard to something: adjusting the government's defense posture.

v. pos·tured, pos·tur·ing, pos·tures

v.intr.

1. To assume a certain, often exaggerated body position; pose.

2. To assume a certain attitude or behave in a certain way, especially to make an impression or gain an advantage: "They postured as Southern Loyalists to win the support of ex-Confederates" (James M. Smallwood).

3. Zoology To assume a certain position of the body or of body parts, often as part of a display.

v.tr.

1. To put into a specific posture; pose: The photographer postured the model.

2. To place in a certain arrangement or condition: an army that was postured for defense.

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[French, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra, position, from positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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pos′tur·al adj.

pos′tur·er, pos′tur·ist n.

Synonyms: posture, attitude, carriage, pose¹, stance
These nouns denote a position of the body and limbs: erect posture; an attitude of prayer; dignified carriage; a reclining pose; an athlete's alert stance.

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posturing

(ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ)

n

false behaviour in order to impress or deceive people

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

posturing - adopting a vain conceited posture conceitedness, vanity, conceit - the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

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Translations

posturing

[ˈpɒstʃəˈrɪŋ] N → pose f
the threat to dispatch troops is mere posturing → la amenaza de enviar tropas no es mas que una pose de cara al exterior
there was a lot of political posturing going on → había mucho de fingimiento en las declaraciones políticas

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posturing

[ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ] n → cabotinage m
political posturing → du cabotinage politiquepost-viral fatigue syndrome post-viral syndrome n (= ME) → syndrome m de fatigue postviralepost-war postwar [ˌpəʊstˈwɔː^r] adj [period, world, Britain, reconstruction, architecture] → de l'après-guerre, d'après-guerre
post-war years → l'après-guerre
in the post-war years → après-guerre

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