POSTURING

Meaning of POSTURING in English

[noun] [U] [disapproving] - behaviour or speech which is intended to attract attention and interest, or to make people believe something that is not trueHis writing has been dismissed as mere intellectual posturing.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

POSTURING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of posture (II) : ceremonial pantomiming in China accompanied by music and formerly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSTURING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posture
Английский словарь Webster
POSTURING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Posture
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POSTURING — n. ostentatious display of manners; posing, positioning
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POSTURING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of posture.
Webster English vocab
POSTURING — noun behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead others. → posture
Concise Oxford English vocab
POSTURING — / ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ; NAmE ˈpɑːs-/ noun [ U , C ] ( disapproving ) behaviour that is not natural or sincere …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSTURING — pos ‧ tur ‧ ing /ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ $ ˈpɑːs-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] formal 1 . when someone pretends …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POSTURING — see posture
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSTURING — see posture
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POSTURING — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He dismissed the Senator's comments as "political posturing ." ▪ Ken's muscular posturing in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POSTURING — (n) демонстрация намерений; демонстрация позиции
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POSTURE — I. noun see: position Date: circa 1586 1. the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATATONIC — adjective Date: 1904 of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor disturbance that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KIDERLEN-WÄCHTER, ALFRED VON — born July 10, 1852, Stuttgart, Württemberg died Dec. 30, 1912, Stuttgart German diplomat. A career diplomat, he became foreign secretary …
Английский словарь Британика
TANGO — I. ˈtaŋ(ˌ)gō, ˈtaiŋ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, Negro drum dance, Negro dance and festival, tango, probably of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSTURE — I. ˈpäschə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Italian postura, from Latin positura, position, from positus (past participle of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISMISS — I. də̇ˈsmis verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: modification (influenced by dis- ) of Latin dimissus, past participle of dimittere, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARCH — I. ˈärch, ˈȧch noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English arche, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin arca, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POPINJAY — ˈpäpə̇nˌjā noun Etymology: Middle English papejay, papengay, from Middle French papegai, papejai, from Arabic babghā' 1. obsolete : parrot 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TANGO — (n.) A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, …
Английский словарь Webster
POSTURE — — postural , adj. — posturer , n. /pos"cheuhr/ , n. , v. , postured, posturing . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPLAY — — displayer , n. /di splay"/ , v.t. 1. to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATATONIC — adjective Date: 1904 1. : of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TANGO — add. ·noun any of various popular forms derived from this. 2. tango ·add. ·noun a difficult dance in two-four time …
Webster English vocab
POSTURE — ■ noun 1》 a particular position of the body. ↘the way in which a person holds their body. 2》 Zoology …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POSTURE — ( postures, posturing, postured) 1. Your posture is the position in which you stand or sit. You can make your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSTURE — (~s, posturing, ~d) 1. Your ~ is the position in which you stand or sit. You can make your stomach …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRETENCE — n. 25B6; noun cease this pretence : MAKE-BELIEVE, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, shamming, faking, feigning, simulation, dissimulation, play-acting, …
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Cambridge English vocab

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