Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/March 26

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Word of the day
for March 26
attitudinize v (American spelling, Oxford British English)
  1. (transitive)
    1. To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
    2. To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.
    2. (figurative) To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes.
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