poseur
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Does this purveyor of nonfiction cinema have any real truth to express, or is he just a poseur, a sham, a sellout?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022
Tom Callahan, an ex-Marine, knows a flimflammer, a bugiardo, a poseur, a gasconader when he hears one.
From Golf Digest • May 6, 2020
Yet he’s too often regarded as a tough guy, a poseur Mafia don who’s osmotically absorbed too many gangster movies.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2019
Wilde, the clever but somewhat vacuous celebrity poseur, became an increasingly passionate presence on stage and an engaging quote machine for the anarchic American press.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2018
“OK. Let’s see who the real poseur is,” he said.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing poseur
English Words Derived from French, List 10
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