posture
posture Lexical Profile
posture Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The position or carriage of a person's body when standing or sitting.
"Practicing yoga and core exercises helped improve her posture after years of working at a desk."
A particular approach, attitude, or policy adopted by a person, organization, or government toward a situation or issue.
"The central bank maintained a cautious posture toward inflation throughout the fiscal year."
• verb
To behave or speak in an artificial, exaggerated, or affected way intended to impress or mislead others.
"Rather than negotiating in good faith, the candidates spent the entire debate posturing for the television cameras."
To place or hold someone or oneself in a specific physical position or pose.
"The sculptor carefully postured the clay figure to convey a sense of sudden movement."
• Rhymes for posture
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from French 'posture', from Italian 'postura', and ultimately from Latin 'positura' (position, situation), a derivative of 'ponere' meaning 'to place' or 'to put'.