Posturing Synonyms

To assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. posing
  2. attitudinizing
Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sitting
  2. posing
  3. displaying
  4. stating
  5. attitudinizing
  6. shaping
  7. positioning
  8. modelling
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To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. posing
  2. passing
  3. masquerading
  4. impersonating
  5. attitudinizing

Words Related to Posturing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Posturing Sentence Examples

  • This gives them the opportunity to meet without all the posturing over territory.

  • The story involves geopolitical, or in this case, galacto-political posturing of a Cold War type, between the old Earth, the Alliance and the Union, headquartered on the Cyteen system of worlds.

  • We seem to be justified in assuming that there are many movements of stretching and posturing possible to caterpillars, and that some caterpillars had a congenital fortuitous tendency to one position, some to another, and, finally that among all the variety of habitual movements thus exhibited one has been selected and perpetuated because it coincided with the necessary conditions of safety, since it happened to give the caterpillar an increased resemblance to a twig.

  • The dialog generally consisting of macho posturing, and when this is coming from the female leads its really inexcusable.

  • In four single columns he succeeds in puncturing every single piece of sanctimonious posturing vented by Emperor Tony in his sad little speech.

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