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posing

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or practice of assuming a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others:
The new website aims to strip away the pretentious posing of wine connoisseurs, inviting users to “tell us what tastes good to you!”
the act or practice of falsely representing oneself:
Under all his posing as an honest reporter, his real purpose is to defend a barbarous regime.
the act of assuming or holding a particular physical position, or of placing someone else in such a position, as for a portrait or photograph:
She liked to paint women and children, and the natural posing of her subjects is still unsurpassed.
the act of putting forward, stating, or suggesting something, as a question, hypothesis, matter for consideration, etc.:
Classroom strategies like cooperative learning and the posing of open-ended questions can encourage thinking and discussion.

adjective

falsely representing oneself, or assuming a particular attitude or stance in the hope of impressing others:
I don’t fit in—everyone else in that place is a filmmaker, an "edgy" magazine journalist, or a posing hipster.
assuming a particular physical position, as for a portrait or photograph:
I love how real and natural these images are—no posing tourists, just scenic beauty on its own.

posing

[ poh-zing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

baffling, perplexing, or vexing; difficult:
The command to “love your neighbor as you love yourself” has within it the most posing challenge for you and me—learning to love ourselves.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of posing¹

First recorded in 1850–55; pos(e) ¹( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun senses; pos(e) ¹( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective senses

Origin of posing²

pos(e) ²( def ) + -ing ²( def )

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That was apparently because Decker published an essay, titled "When Must We Kill Them?," on his blog posing the question of when violence becomes justified in the face of authoritarianism.

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But that from a phenological perspective of what occurs at what times of year, that also is posing a limit that doesn't need to be there.

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“I think we both sprang into action, understanding that we were surrounded by teens who were doing immediate damage to our property and posing an immediate threat to us,” Benson said.

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A BBC staff member, who witnessed the incident, said the protesters approached security staff posing as tourists.

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Pummeled by the “constant attacks” on immigrants, she said, people are posing logistical questions: Can they take their cars?

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