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posturings

posturings is the plural of posturing.

Meaning of posturing

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
  2. The behavior of some birds as a means of signalling, etc.

Questions about posturings

What is posturings the plural of?
Posturings is the plural of posturing.

Words near posturings in the dictionary

  1. posturer
  2. posturers
  3. postures
  4. posturing
  5. posturingly
  6. posturings
  7. posturise
  8. posturised
  9. posturises
  10. posturising
  11. posturist

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