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Posturer

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Noun

1. posturer

someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Posturer

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noun
1. 
a position or attitude of the limbs or body
2. 
a characteristic manner of bearing the body; carriage
to have good posture
3. 
the disposition of the parts of a visible object
4. 
a mental attitude or frame of mind
5. 
a state, situation, or condition
6. 
a false or affected attitude; pose
verb
7. 
to assume or cause to assume a bodily position or attitude
8. (intransitive)
to assume an affected or unnatural bodily or mental posture; pose

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Posturer

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noun
1. 
the position or carriage of the body in standing or sitting; bearing
2. 
such a position assumed as in posing for an artist
3. 
the way things stand; condition with respect to circumstances
the delicate posture of foreign affairs
4. 
a. 
an attitude of mind; frame of mind
b. 
an attitude assumed merely for effect
5. 
an official stand or position, as that taken by a nation on a major issue
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpostured or ˈposturing
6. 
to place in a particular posture; pose
verb intransitive
7. 
to assume a bodily or mental posture; esp., to assume an attitude merely for effect; pose

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Posturer

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n.
1.
a. A position of a person's body or body parts: a sitting posture; the posture of a supplicant.
b. A characteristic way of bearing one's body; carriage: stooped posture.
2. Zoology A position of an animal's body or body parts, especially for the purpose of communication: a dog's submissive posture.
3. Relative placement or arrangement: the posture of the buildings on the land.
4. A condition or state under certain circumstances: the nation's posture in the world economy.
5.
a. An attitude or way of behaving, especially when adopted to have an effect on others: assumed a posture of angry defiance.
b. An approach or policy with regard to something: adjusting the government's defense posture.
v. pos·tured, pos·tur·ing, pos·tures
v.intr.
1. To assume a certain, often exaggerated body position; pose.
2. To assume a certain attitude or behave in a certain way, especially to make an impression or gain an advantage: "They postured as Southern Loyalists to win the support of ex-Confederates" (James M. Smallwood).
3. Zoology To assume a certain position of the body or of body parts, often as part of a display.
v.tr.
1. To put into a specific posture; pose: The photographer postured the model.
2. To place in a certain arrangement or condition: an army that was postured for defense.

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