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attitudinize v (American spelling, Oxford British English)

(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture. To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude. (intransitive) To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses. (figurative) To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes.

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