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posturise

posturise is the alternative spelling of posturize.

Meaning of posturize

Verb

posturize (third-person singular simple present posturizes, present participle posturizing, simple past and past participle posturized)

  1. (intransitive) To posture.
    • He did not destroy the reality by the exhibition of more energy than belongs to the exhausted powers of a dying man; he did not caricature and posturize in the representation of this awful close of human life.1869, F. W. Hawkins, The Life of Edmund Kean
    Synonyms:
    attitudinize

Forms of posturise

third-person singular presentposturises
present participleposturising
past participleposturised
pastposturised

Origin of posturise

From posture + -ise.

Questions about posturise

What is posturise the alternative spelling of?
Posturise is the alternative spelling of posturize.

Words near posturise in the dictionary

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

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