Posturing

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    adopting a vain conceited posture wordnet
  3. 3
    The behavior of some birds as a means of signalling etc.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of posture form-of, gerund, participle, present

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