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pos·ture  (pschr)

n.

1.

a. A position of the body or of body parts: a sitting posture.

b. An attitude; a pose: assumed a posture of angry defiance.

2. A characteristic way of bearing one's body; carriage: stood with good posture.

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

4. A stance or disposition with regard to something: "Those bases are essential to our military posture in the Middle East" Gerard Smith.

5. A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior; an overall attitude.

v. pos·tured, pos·tur·ing, pos·tures

v.intr.

1. To assume an exaggerated or unnatural pose or mental attitude; attitudinize.

2. To assume a pose.

v.tr.

To put into a specific posture; pose.

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

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postur·al adj.

postur·er, postur·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 defiant pose; an athlete's alert stance.

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posture

Noun

1. a position or way in which a person stands, walks, etc.: good posture

2. a mental attitude: a cooperative posture

3. an affected attitude: an intellectual posture

Verb

[-turing, -tured]

1. to behave in an exaggerated way to attract attention

2. to assume an affected attitude [Latin positura]

postural adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	posture - the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" attitude, position order arms - a position in the manual of arms; the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground; often used as a command bodily property - an attribute of the body ballet position - classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet decubitus - a reclining position (as in a bed) eversion - the position of being turned outward; "the eversion of the foot" lithotomy position - a position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart; assumed for vaginal or rectal examination lotus position - a sitting position with the legs crossed; used in yoga missionary position - a position for sexual intercourse; a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top; so-called because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples pose - a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes presentation - (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; "Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations" ectopia - abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth) asana - (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga) guard - a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard up" sprawling, sprawl - an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about stance - standing posture tuck - (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest
	2.	posture - characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" carriage, bearing bodily property - an attribute of the body manner of walking, walk - manner of walking; "he had a funny walk" slouch - a stooping carriage in standing and walking gracefulness - beautiful carriage clumsiness, awkwardness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
	3.	posture - a rationalized mental attitude stance, position attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" hard line - a firm and uncompromising stance or position; "the governor took a hard line on drugs" point of view, standpoint, viewpoint, stand - a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
	4.	posture - capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" military capability, military posture, military strength, strength sea power - naval strength capability, capableness - the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability" firepower - (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
Verb	1.	posture - behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" pose deport, comport, acquit, behave, conduct, bear, carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" attitudinise, attitudinize - assume certain affected attitudes
	2.	posture - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" pose, model, sit artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" ramp - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"

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posture

noun 1. bearing, set, position, attitude, pose, stance, carriage, disposition, mien (literary)

noun 2. attitude, feeling, mood, point of view, stance, outlook, inclination, disposition, standpoint, frame of mind

verb 3. show off, (informal) pose, affect, hot-dog chiefly U.S. make a show, put on airs, try to attract attention, attitudinize, do something for effect

Translations

posture [ˈpɔstʃəʳ] n → postura, actitud f

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posture [ˈpɔstʃəʳ] n → posture f (fig); attitude f

vi → poser

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posture [ˈpɔstʃəʳ] n (also fig) → Haltung f

vi (pej) → posieren

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posture [ˈpɔstʃəʳ] n → portamento (= pose); posa, atteggiamento

vi → posare