Definition of Posturing

1. Noun. Adopting a vain conceited posture.

Generic synonyms: Conceit, Conceitedness, Vanity

Definition of Posturing

1. Noun. The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude. ¹

2. Noun. The behaviour of some birds as a means of signalling etc. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of posture) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Posturing

1. posture [v] - See also: posture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Posturing

postulations
postulator
postulators
postulatory
postulatum
postumous
postundergraduate
postural
postural hypotension
posturally
posture
postured
posturer
posturers
postures
posturing (current term)
posturings
posturist
posturists
postvacation
postvaccinal
postvaccination
postvagotomy
postvasectomy
postverbal
postverbally
postverdict
postveto
postvictory
postviewing

Literary usage of Posturing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes of Travel: Or, Recollections of Majunga, Zanzibar, Muscat, Aden, Mocha by Joseph Barlow Felt Osgood (1854)
"posturing in prayer.—Arab Sabbath.—Sabbath prayer.—Mosques.—A converted Jew. The Arabs and many others of the population of Mocha profess Mahometanism. ..."

2. Manual of Static Electricity in X-ray and Therapeutic Uses by Samuel Howard Monell (1897)
"posturing during treatment. Remarks on medication and the duration and frequency of the electrical part of the treatment of rheumatism. Prognosis. Flatfoot. ..."

3. High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry: Their Nature and by Samuel Howard Monell (1910)
"Directions for posturing Muscle-Fibres to Obtain Effects. The Factor of Regulated Resistances. Pressure. Rules for Frequency of Treatment. ..."

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