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There are so many ways of posturing that people associate with being a writer. They imagine you wearing a beret and drinking only red wine and being full of yourself, and so, for a long time, the way I felt about writing was too private. I felt it too important and didn't want to be teased about it. So I lied about it.
Eleanor Catton

Meaning of "posturing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTURING

posturing  [ˈpɒstʃərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTURING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Posturing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POSTURING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of posturing in the English dictionary

The definition of posturing in the dictionary is false behaviour in order to impress or deceive people.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTURING


adventuring
ədˈvɛntʃərɪŋ
bearing
ˈbɛərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
covering
ˈkʌvərɪŋ
during
ˈdjʊərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
gathering
ˈɡæðərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
manufacturing
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ
measuring
ˈmɛʒərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
naturing
ˈneɪtʃərɪŋ
offering
ˈɒfərɪŋ
ordering
ˈɔːdərɪŋ
restructuring
ˌriːˈstrʌktʃərɪŋ
sculpturing
ˈskʌlptʃərɪŋ
steering
ˈstɪərɪŋ
torturing
ˈtɔːtʃərɪŋ
wearing
ˈwɛərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTURING

postulancy
postulant
postulantship
postulate
postulation
postulational
postulationally
postulator
postulatory
postulatum
postural
posture
posturer
posturise
posturize
postvaccinal
postvaccination
postvagotomy
postvasectomy
postviral fatigue syndrome

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTURING

alluring
bicycle touring
bring
colouring
computer-integrated manufacturing
conjuring
corporate restructuring
curing
devouring
enduring
flavouring
food colouring
lean manufacturing
neighbouring
outpouring
pouring
procuring
reassuring
scouring
touring
Turing

Synonyms and antonyms of posturing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «POSTURING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «posturing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of posturing

Translation of «posturing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTURING

Find out the translation of posturing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of posturing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «posturing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

装腔作势
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

posturas
570 millions of speakers

English

posturing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तेवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المواقف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

позерство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

postura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অঙ্গবিন্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

posture
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Posturing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Posieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

駆け引き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Posturing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிப்பாடுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postür
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

postura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pozerstwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

позерство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atitudine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πόζες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanstellerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

poser
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

posering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of posturing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTURING»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about posturing

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2 QUOTES WITH «POSTURING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word posturing.
1
Eleanor Catton
There are so many ways of posturing that people associate with being a writer. They imagine you wearing a beret and drinking only red wine and being full of yourself, and so, for a long time, the way I felt about writing was too private. I felt it too important and didn't want to be teased about it. So I lied about it.
2
Patricia Richardson
Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTURING»

Discover the use of posturing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to posturing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plum and Posner's Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma
Posturing responses include several stereotyped postures of the trunk and extremities. Most appear only in response to noxious stimuli or are greatly exaggerated by such stimuli. Seemingly spontaneous posturing most often represents the ...
Jerome B. Posner M.D. Evelyn Frew American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Clifford B. Saper M.D. Professor Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Nicholas Schiff M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medic, 2007
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Neurology of the Newborn
Multifocal clonic movements: simultaneous or in sequence Nonordered ( nonjacksonian) migration Sustained posturing of a limb Asymmetrical posturing of trunk or neck time-synchronized EEG discharges.28,155 Two categories of tonic ...
Joseph J. Volpe, 2008
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The Case of the Posturing Principal
For anyone who loves animals and murder mysteries, this book is full of feline friskiness and canine cleverness.
April Smith, 2003
4
Neurosurgical Intensive Care
In more severe levels of coma, patients reveal "posturing" that results from brainstem involvement. There are two types of posturing: flexion, also known as decorticate posturing, and extension, or decerebrate posturing. A score of 3 is given for ...
Javed Siddiqi, 2011
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Principles of Patient Assessment in EMS
A lower level of response would be to push into the painful stimulus, and an even lower level would be to show a form of neurological posturing. Two commonly referred to forms of neurological posturing are decorticate and decerebrate ...
Bob Elling, Kirsten M. Elling, 2003
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Nursing Care of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Patient
7.1 (a) Abnormal posturing indicates brainstem compression in the comatose patient. Decerebrate posturing with abnormal upper extremity (UE) and lower hypotonia, and areflexia. Cerebellar injury results in hyporeflexia, ataxia, and ...
Cathy C. Cartwright, Donna C. Wallace, 2013
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Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
The main difference between functional constipation and functional fecal retention is the occurrence of retentive posturing in the latter. Retentive posturing is the behavioral withholding of stool during the sensation of urge, which, according to ...
Stefano Guandalini, 2004
8
Pediatric Physical Therapy
Children who present with bilateral involvement often have asymmetric distribution and movements dominated by primitive reflex activity. Children with spasticity may also present with abnormal posturing of the extremities or the whole body.
Jan Stephen Tecklin, 2008
9
Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Canadian Medical-surgical ...
The patient may demonstrate decorticate, decerebrate, or flaccid posturing, usually as a result of cerebral trauma (Diepenbrock, 2004). For further explanation of this, refer to Figure 61-1 in Chapter 61. Decortication (decorticate posturing) is ...
Pauline Paul, Beverly Williams, 2009
10
Nursing the Neurological and Neurotrauma Patient
Decorticate and decerebrate posturing — late signs (see the following paragraphs). Decorticate posturing results from increased pressure on the diencephalon. An early sign of pressure is the patient's ability to make slow, aversive movements ...
Maria J. Kruse, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTURING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term posturing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Navarrette: Posturing on immigration
Apparently worried about being eclipsed on immigration by Donald Trump's traveling road show, House Republicans are preparing to ... «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Political posturing threatens mining industry: Yancoal CEO
The mining industry is at risk of being damaged by "political point scoring" which could deter foreign investment and spark a "regional ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Trudeau dismisses PM Harper's 'political posturing' on Senate in …
METRO VANCOUVER -- Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau dismissed Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to stop appointing new ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
4
Clinton, Obama election-year posturing
“With under five percent of the world's people, the US accounts for 25 percent of the planet's prisoners. More than half its 2.2 million prisoners ... «Florida Courier, Jul 15»
5
US Dollar Trade Alert: Chart posturing setting up for lower prices, 4 …
[TRADE UPDATE 23 July 19:44 GMT] Today we were presented with a classic example of why it can be so important to wait for closing bars ... «CFD Trading, Jul 15»
6
Political posturing once again waylays vote on Lake Junaluska …
fr presnell A bill paving the way for the merger of Lake Junaluska with the town of Waynesville was blocked at the 11th hour this week in the ... «Smoky Mountain News, Jul 15»
7
Who has concrete plans — and who's just posturing?
They are not relying on posturing or platitudes (“fight the special interests”), nor are they pitching pie-in-the-sky proposals (“abolish the IRS!”). «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
David Cameron extremism speech: The PM's Churchillian posturing
The way David Cameron tells it, this is the Battle of Syria. He's going to “hammer” Isis, if he gets his way. Reminds you of Winston. Just imagine ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
Exmouth iron bar attack result of "macho posturing"
An Exmouth carpenter attacked a man with an iron bar in a McDonald's car park after 'macho posturing' led to violence. Jordan Hebburn ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
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US posturing on Uighers in Thailand; searching for the right …
Despite the mutual desire to improve relations, Washington's continued unwarranted political posturing continues to undermine the Thai ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»

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