Poseur

Quick meaning: Poseur is a noun meaning One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Meaning

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Example Sentences

He pretends he's an artist, but he's just a poseur.

I am a poseur and I don't care / I like to make people stare

She only dresses like that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she's such a poseur.

But he was also, what seems almost incompatible with this ferocious truthfulness, excessively self-conscious and morally attitudinising, a thin-skinned poseur.

Word Forms

• poseurs

Synonyms for poseur

Depending on context, synonyms include poser, attitudinizer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include poser, buyer, poseuse, posturer, posser, positer.

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