posture

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posture

/ˈpɒst͡ʃə/ UK
/ˈpɑst͡ʃɚ/ US, dialectal
/ˈpɒst͡ʃɚ/ Canada, dialectal
/ˈpɔst͡ʃə/ Australia
/ˈpɒst͡ʃə/ New Zealand
[ˈpɔ̟st͡ʃə] New Zealand

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.

noun postures

countable, uncountable The way a person holds and positions their body. As if that whatsoever god who leads him Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.
countable, uncountable A situation or condition. Even as I was reading these fables of my millions, there lay on the desk before me a statement of the exact posture of my affairs […]
countable, uncountable One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person. 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan ...that is, their Forts, Garrisons, and Guns upon the Frontiers of their Kingdomes; and continuall Spyes upon their neighbours; which is a posture of War.
countable, rare, uncountable The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation. 1661, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World The Moon beheld in any posture, in respect of the Sun and us, sheweth us its superficies ... always equally clear.

verb postures · posturing · postured

intransitive To put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired. If you're finished posturing in front of the mirror, can I use the bathroom now?
intransitive To pretend to have an opinion or a conviction. The politicians couldn't really care less about the issue: they're just posturing for the media.
transitive To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose. to posture oneself; to posture a model

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: attitude, position, bearing, sit, model, carriage, pose, stance, trend, view, stand, shape, operative, approach, gesture, situation

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noun position of body

Español	postura
한국어	자세 jase
日本語	姿勢 shisei
Português	postura
Français	posture
Deutsch	Haltung, Positur
Italiano	postura, atteggiamento
Română	postură, ținută
Русский	по́за póza, оса́нка osánka
العربية	وَضْعِيَّة waḍʕiyya

verb to put one's body into a posture or series of postures

Deutsch	posieren
Italiano	atteggiarsi

verb to pretend

Español	posturear
Deutsch	sich ausgeben als

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@misc{posture_2026,
  title = {posture},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posture},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}