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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 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.
Even if the move by China is posturing, analysts say it is noteworthy.
Underscoring the political debate—and posturing—is an awareness of the outsize role that air-travel problems played in bringing about the end of the last government shutdown in 2019.
Responding to the result of the motion, a Labour Party spokesperson said: "This is nothing more than political posturing from a group that is not serious about the future of Doncaster's airport."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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