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posturing
adjective as in camp
Weak matches
noun as in acting
Strong matches
Weak matches
- play acting
- showing off
noun as in pose
noun as in pretense
Strong matches
- act
- acting
- affectation
- appearance
- artifice
- claim
- deceit
- deception
- display
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- evasion
- excuse
- fabrication
- facade
- fakery
- falsification
- feigning
- gag
- guise
- insincerity
- invention
- make believe
- mask
- masquerade
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- ostentation
- posing
- pretentiousness
- routine
- ruse
- schtick
- sham
- shuffling
- simulation
- stall
- stunt
- subterfuge
- trickery
- veil
- wile
Example Sentences
The regime’s aggressive posturing obscures the vulnerability of its armed forces against the world’s most powerful military.
"HN81 describes that day as the most serious incident of public disorder he witnessed and participated in. He describes shouting, aggressive posturing and joining in with the pushing and shoving once that had begun."
"Both sides appeared to be posturing ahead of their November 1 meeting when the tariff truce is set to expire," he added.
The hysterical posturing is even more implausible when you realize existing stars will be AI’s biggest beneficiaries when it spawns lucrative new interactive opportunities.
In its portrayal, strength isn’t about posturing but an individual hallmark that can be shored up and channeled.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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