posing
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊzɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊzɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ
Verb
posing
- present participle and gerund of pose
Noun
posing (plural posings)
- The act by which something is posed.
- different posings of what was essentially the same question
- The act of one who poses or postures.
- 1978, Norman W. Provizer, Analyzing the Third World: Essays from Comparative Politics:
- However much the Ghanaian masses warmed to the traditional pomp and circumstance of his occasional public appearances, members of the elite did not take Nkrumah's posings as a national chief seriously.
- (informal) The act of portraying oneself artificially, usually to make oneself appear grander or to fit in with the crowd; pretense
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