"posturize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: posturizes [present, singular, third-person], posturizing [participle, present], posturized [participle, past], posturized [past]
Etymology: From posture + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|posture|ize}} posture + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} posturize (third-person singular simple present posturizes, present participle posturizing, simple past and past participle posturized)
  1. (intransitive) To posture. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: attitudinize
    Sense id: en-posturize-en-verb-ALZ2rhEC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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