POSTURING Definition & Meaning

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posturing

[pos-cher-ing]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

speech or action that is artificial, hypocritical, or calculated to mislead.
I'm fed up with the reaching-across-the-aisle posturing intended to make politicians seem like they’re working hard for bipartisan reform.

engaging in or characterized by such speech or behavior.
He cynically believes that anybody trying to live up to an ideal is either a posturing liar or a simple-minded fool.

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First recorded in 1620–30; postur(e) ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; postur(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

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Awash in corporate cash and milquetoast rhetoric, most Democratic incumbents sound inauthentic while posturing as champions of the working class.

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Despite his son’s aggressive posturing, Stoic fears he’s spawned a waste of DNA.

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She called the administration’s actions “posturing” and “completely disruptive to a city that has already gone through so much.”

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Fluent in posturing and hypocrisy, Ulman looks like an influencer and thinks like Luis Buñuel.

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This is masculinity as posturing, as provocation and as protection.

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