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posturing

posturing noun: the assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude. Also the present participle and gerund of posture.

Noun

posturing (plural posturings)

  1. The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
    • With his "hatred of what was theatrical" (1:124) he is put off by the posturings and attitudinizings of the chief actors.1990, Clyde de L. Ryals, A World of Possibilities: Romantic Irony in Victorian Literature
    • Few political careers start when people are in their 70s, but Hendy is actually relishing it, although he is incensed sometimes by the pointlessness of the posturing by the opposition, which keeps him up late. "The bit I don't like is getting home at 0100 or 0200 in the morning because the...2025 October 1, Christian Wolmar, “Rail Minister at the heart of rail reform”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 35
  2. The behavior of some birds as a means of signalling, etc.

Also used as

posturing is also the present participle and gerund of posture.

Forms of posturing

pluralposturings

Words formed from posturing

Questions about posturing

What does posturing mean?
Posturing means the assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
What part of speech is posturing?
Posturing is a noun.
What is the plural of posturing?
The plural of posturing is posturings.

Words near posturing in the dictionary

  1. posture-masters
  2. postured
  3. posturer
  4. posturers
  5. postures
  6. posturing
  7. posturingly
  8. posturings
  9. posturise
  10. posturised
  11. posturises

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