n.
   - a particular position of the body. ▸the way in which a person holds their body. 
- Zoology  a particular pose adopted by a bird or other animal, signalling a specific pattern of behaviour.
- an approach or attitude towards something.
v.
 
[
often as noun posturing]
 behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead others.
Derivative
  
    - postural adj.
- posturer n.
 
  Etymology
  C16: from Fr., from Ital. postura, from L. positura ‘position’.