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Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

posture

NOUN:	1. The way in which one is placed or arranged: attitude, pose, position. See POSTURE. 2. A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior: attitude, outlook, position, stance. See ATTITUDE. 3. The way in which a person holds or carries his or her body: attitude, carriage, pose, stance. See POSTURE.
VERB:	1. To assume a particular position, as for a portrait: pose, sit. See POSTURE. 2. To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is: attitudinize, impersonate, masquerade, pass, pose. Idioms: pass oneself off as. See HONEST. 3. To assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose: attitudinize, pose. Idioms: strike an attitude. See POSTURE.


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