posturing
IPA: pˈɑstʃɝɪŋ
noun
- The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
- The behaviour of some birds as a means of signalling etc.
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Examples of "posturing" in Sentences
- This hearing is about posturing from the right and the left.
- There's going to be a lot of yelling and posturing from the right and nothing is going to get done.
- In the second week since the Wall Street crash, [ "Black Monday," October 19, 1987] this posturing is all-pervasive.
- I've always said (to myself, of course) that the day some critics begin to drop the posturing is the day I would be happy to do so likewise.
- Lud - Thats a very good point IMHO the Mail and the DT have both been very soft on Brown for these reasons but in fact the posturing is all fraud.
- Pham warns that if world powers like the United States do not move beyond what he calls posturing, and just wanting Mr. Ouattara to be installed as president, to helping find a more sustainable settlement, he warns the result could be heightened violence and eventually the breakup of Ivory Coast.
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