Poseur

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  • noun. One who affects a particular attribute, attitude, or identity to impress or influence others.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who poses, or takes an attitude, physical or mental, which is assumed for effect; one who attitudinizes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
    • Word Usage
    "A poseur is someone who dresses like you, but doesn't know the difference between the words 'poser' and 'poseur.'"
    cross-reference
    pretentious  
    Equivalent
    poseuse  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    exhibitionist  show-off  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    poseuse  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adorer  bloggers'  brothel-keeper  brummagem  cavort  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ape  attitudinarian  attitudinizer  blagueur  bluff  
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