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’.