posing
1 Americannoun
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the act or practice of assuming a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others.
The new website aims to strip away the pretentious posing of wine connoisseurs, inviting users to “tell us what tastes good to you!”
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the act or practice of falsely representing oneself.
Under all his posing as an honest reporter, his real purpose is to defend a barbarous regime.
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the act of assuming or holding a particular physical position, or of placing someone else in such a position, as for a portrait or photograph.
She liked to paint women and children, and the natural posing of her subjects is still unsurpassed.
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the act of putting forward, stating, or suggesting something, as a question, hypothesis, matter for consideration, etc..
Classroom strategies like cooperative learning and the posing of open-ended questions can encourage thinking and discussion.
adjective
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falsely representing oneself, or assuming a particular attitude or stance in the hope of impressing others.
I don’t fit in—everyone else in that place is a filmmaker, an "edgy" magazine journalist, or a posing hipster.
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assuming a particular physical position, as for a portrait or photograph.
I love how real and natural these images are—no posing tourists, just scenic beauty on its own.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- posingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of posing1
First recorded in 1850–55; pos(e) 1 ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. ) for the noun senses; pos(e) 1 ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses
Origin of posing2
Example Sentences
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At the end of their visit they also stopped to spend 25 minutes in the heavy rain chatting to well-wishers, with Catherine giving high-fives and hugs and William posing for selfies.
From BBC
Protests over a crumbling economy spread across the nation late last year, posing the biggest challenge to Iran’s clerical leaders in decades.
Mayo, known for posing pointed questions to bank CEOs, asked the executives on stage whether JPMorgan is an “AI and tech victim or beneficiary.”
From Barron's
Motion Picture Group, are posing for a photo in the Scenic Loft on the studio’s historic lot.
From Los Angeles Times
It still faces a higher tariff than other regional economies, but the gap has narrowed, improving China’s relative standing and posing a threat to the recent electronics exports boom outside the country, he said.
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