pose

pose
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. attitude, affectation; position, posture; aspect, figure. See form. —v. sit; attitudinize, affect; propound; question, puzzle, quiz, inquire, nonplus. See difficulty.
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(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. artificial position, affectation, mannerism, airs, pretense, posture, stance, attitude, bearing, posturing, attitudinizing, act, façade, front, show, playacting; see also fake , pretense 1 .
Syn.- pose refers to an attitude or manner that is assumed for the effect that it will have on others [ her generosity is a mere pose] ; affectation is used of a specific piece of artificial behavior intended obviously to impress others [ an affectation of speech ] ; a mannerism is a peculiarity, as in behavior or speech, (often originally an affectation) that has become habitual and unconscious [ his mannerism of raising one eyebrow in surprise ] ; airs is used of an affected pretense of superior manners and graces [ stop putting on airs] See also Synonym Study at posture . v.
1. [To pretend]
Syn. profess, feign, make believe; see act 1 , pretend 1 .
2. [To assume a pose for a picture]
Syn. sit, model, strike an attitude, adopt a position, posture; see also model 3 .
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
position, posture, stance, attitude, air, mien, guise, pretense, facade.
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v.
1. strikeapose position, posture, stand, model, sit for, assume an attitude.
2. affect pretend, put on, feign, posture, put on an act, show off, *put on airs, *peacock.
3. put forth ask, offer, assert, posit, propound.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To assume a particular position, as for a portrait: posture, sit. See POSTURE. 2. To assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose: attitudinize, posture. Idiom: strike an attitude. See POSTURE. 3. To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is: attitudinize, impersonate, masquerade, pass, posture. Idiom: pass oneself off as. See HONEST. 4. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of: act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. See HONEST, TRUE. 5. To state, as an idea, for consideration: advance, offer, propose, propound, put forward, set forth, submit, suggest. See OFFER. 6. To seek an answer to (a question): ask, put, raise. See ASK. II noun 1. The way in which one is placed or arranged: attitude, position, posture. See POSTURE. 2. The way in which a person holds or carries his or her body: attitude, carriage, posture, stance. See POSTURE. 3. Artificial behavior adopted to impress others: affectation, affectedness, air (used in plural), mannerism, pretense. See HONEST, TRUE.

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