Posturing

Full definition of posturing

Noun

1. The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
• 1990, Clyde de L. Ryals, A World of Possibilities: Romantic Irony in Victorian LiteratureWith his "hatred of what was theatrical" (1:124) he is put off by the posturings and attitudinizings of the chief actors.
2. The behaviour of some birds as a means of signalling etc.

Verb

1. Present participle of posture

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