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pos⋅ture

  [pos-cher] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the relative disposition of the parts of something.
2. the position of the limbs or the carriage of the body as a whole: poor posture; a sitting posture.
3. an affected or unnatural attitude: He struck a comic posture.
4. a mental or spiritual attitude: His ideas reveal a defensive posture.
5. one's image or policy as perceived by the public, other nations, etc.: The company wants to develop a more aggressive marketing posture.
6. position, condition, or state, as of affairs.
–verb (used with object)
7. to place in a particular posture or attitude.
8. to position, esp. strategically: to posture troops along a border.
9. to develop a policy or stance for (oneself, a company, government, etc.): The White House postured itself for dealing with the fuel crisis.
10. to adopt an attitude or take an official position on (a matter): The company postured that the court's ruling could be interpreted as being in its favor.
–verb (used without object)
11. to assume a particular posture.
12. to assume affected or unnatural postures, as by bending or contorting the body.
13. to act in an affected or artificial manner, as to create a certain impression.
Origin:
1595–1605; < F < It postura < L positūra. See posit, -ure

Related forms:
pos⋅tur⋅al, adjective
pos⋅tur⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. See position.
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pos·ture   (pŏs'chər)   
n.  
    1. A position of the body or of body parts: a sitting posture.
    2. An attitude; a pose: assumed a posture of angry defiance.
  2. A characteristic way of bearing one's body; carriage: stood with good posture.
  3. Relative placement or arrangement: the posture of the buildings on the land.
  4. A stance or disposition with regard to something: "Those bases are essential to our military posture in the Middle East" (Gerard Smith).
  5. A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior; an overall attitude.
v.   pos·tured, pos·tur·ing, pos·tures

v.   intr.
  1. To assume an exaggerated or unnatural pose or mental attitude; attitudinize.
  2. To assume a pose.
v.   tr.
To put into a specific posture; pose.

[French, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra, position, from positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
pos'tur·al adj., pos'tur·er, pos'tur·ist n.
Synonyms: These nouns denote a position of the body and limbs: erect posture; an attitude of prayer; dignified carriage; a defiant pose; an athlete's alert stance.
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Postural

Pos"tur*al\ (?; 135), a. Of or pertaining to posture.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: pos·tur·al
Pronunciation: 'päs-ch&-r&l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or involving posture <posturaltension> <postural exercises> <postural muscles>; also : ORTHOSTATIC<postural hypotension>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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postural pos·tur·al (pŏs'chər-əl)
adj.
Relating to or involving posture.

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