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posture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bearing, carriage |
| Type of | bodily property |
| Has types | manner of walking, awkwardness, clumsiness, gracefulness, slouch, walk |
| Derivation | postural |
stood with good posture.
posture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | military capability, military posture, military strength, strength |
| Type of | capableness, capability |
| Has types | sea power, firepower |
politicians have neglected our military posture.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | position, stance |
| Type of | mental attitude, attitude |
| Has types | viewpoint, stand, hard line, standpoint, point of view |
posture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | attitude, position |
| Type of | bodily property |
| Has types | order arms, missionary position, lotus position, lithotomy position, guard, eversion, ectopia, decubitus, ballet position, asana, tuck, stance, sprawling, sprawl, presentation, pose |
| Derivation | postural |
posture::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pose |
| Type of | conduct, deport, comport, carry, behave, bear, acquit |
| Has types | attitudinize, attitudinise |
She postured and made a total fool of herself.
Examples of posture
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Behind the laughter was the sense that Coren's fury is more than just a posture.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I think it has something to do with the light, exposure, her posture and outfit.
From the stltoday.com
Tiner George, the quarterback with the perfect posture and team captain's poise.
From the thestate.com
A diminished posture and slumped shoulders, by contrast, display submissiveness.
From the nytimes.com
It put Notre Dame in a different posture relative to other institutions like it.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Goodman said it was wonderful overall but faulted a problem with Evan's posture.
From the orlandosentinel.com
And arguably, if you can type without looking down, it can improve your posture.
From the badlanguage.net
A weak core results in poor posture and an increased chance of overuse injuries.
From the sacbee.com
Those who knew Santorum before he entered politics testify to a similar posture.
From the huffingtonpost.com
- Pose: behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
- Position: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
- Carriage: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
- Model: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
- Position: a rationalized mental attitude
- Military capability: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"
- The way a person holds and positions their body; A situation or condition; One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person; The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation; to put one's body into a posture or series ...
- The attitude of the body. Posture is maintained by low-grade, continuous contraction of muscles which counteract the pull of gravity on body parts. Injury to the nervous system can impair the ability to maintain normal posture, for example holding up the head.
- Ability to stand upright automatically against gravity; controlled by the vestibulospinal, reticulospinal, and tectospinal pathways
