posture

noun

capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

a rationalized mental attitude

characteristic way of bearing one's body

the arrangement of the body and its limbs

verb

assume a posture as for artistic purposes

behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

Roots

ponopos- · Latin · put, place

Synonyms for posture

stancen attituden posev positionn attitudinizev sitv demeanorn comportmentn deportmentn standingn

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