Poseur

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who affects a particular attribute, attitude, or identity to impress or influence others.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who poses, or takes an attitude, physical or mental, which is assumed for effect; one who attitudinizes.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
    • Equivalent
    poseuse   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    show-off    exhibitionist   
    Cross Reference
    pretentious   
    Hyponym
    poseuse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    merry-andrew    mind    megalomaniac    adorer    jilt    brummagem    misogynist    grafter    laughingstock    mime   
     
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