Attitudinizing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Attitudinizing is a noun meaning The act of one who attitudinizes; affected posturing.
Meaning
The act of one who attitudinizes; affected posturing.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of attitudinize
Example Sentences
With his "hatred of what was theatrical" (1:124) he is put off by the posturings and attitudinizings of the chief actors.
In dining with her brother and with the Dormers, two evenings before, Mrs. Dallow had been moved to exclaim that Peter and Nick knew the most extraordinary people. As regards Peter the attitudinizing girl and her mother now pointed that moral with sufficient vividness; so that there was little arrogance in taking a similar quality for granted in the conceited man at her elbow, who sat there as if he would be capable, from one moment to another, of leaning over the arm of her sofa.
Word Forms
- attitudinizings
- attitudinising
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include attitudinise, mannerization, objectifying, condescension, manner, inclining.
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