attitudinarianism

at·ti·tu·di·nar·i·an

[at-i-tood-n-air-ee-uhn, -tyood-]
noun
a person who assumes attitudes or poses for effect.

Origin:
1745–55; attitudin- (see attitude; by analogy with nouns ending in the Latin suffix -tūdō, stem -tūdin- -tude) + -arian

at·ti·tu·di·nar·i·an·ism, noun
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