posture
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noun
1. the position in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting:
(身体の)姿勢 (!具体例ではa ～; その際修飾語を伴う)
e.g. he stood in a flamboyant posture with his hands on his hips
e.g. good posture will protect your spine.
Zoology a particular pose adopted by a bird or other animal, interpreted as a signal of a specific pattern of behavior:
e.g. the snake inverts itself into the mock-dead posture.
2. a particular way of dealing with or considering something; an approach or attitude:
〖単数形で〗【事に対する】(精神的な)姿勢, 態度 «on»
e.g. labor unions adopted a more militant posture in wage negotiations.
a particular way of behaving that is intended to convey a false impression; a pose:
e.g. despite pulling back its missiles, the government maintained a defiant posture for home consumption.
verb
1. no object behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead:
｟かたく･否定的に｠ 〖通例be -turing〗 «…のように» 格好をつける, 気取る, ポーズをとる, 見せかける «as»
e.g. a billionaire posturing as a hero of the working class.
with object adopt (a certain attitude) so as to impress or mislead:
e.g. the companies may posture regret, but they have a vested interest in increasing Third World sales.
2. with object and adverbial archaic place (someone) in a particular attitude or pose:
e.g. and still these two were postured motionless.
DERIVATIVES
postural adjective
posturer |ˈpäsCH(ə)rər| noun
ORIGIN
late 16th century (denoting the relative position of one thing to another): from French, from Italian postura, from Latin positura ‘position’, from posit- ‘placed’, from the verb ponere.