attitudinize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of attitudinize
1775–85; attitudin- ( see attitudinarian) + -ize
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To be a "conteur," to figure in "proverbs," to attitudinize, to produce a "sensation"—all these are purposes of ambition in foreign circles.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
One of the rare women who never pout or attitudinize, she could fling her glove gracefully—one might add, capturingly under every aspect, she was a handsome belligerent.
From The Amazing Marriage — Complete by George Meredith
A jay would alight in the entrance of the hole, and flirt and peer and attitudinize, and then fly away crying "Thief, thief, thief," at the top of his voice.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
A jay would alight in the entrance of the hole and flirt and peer and attitudinize, and then flyaway crying "Thief, thief, thief!" at the top of his voice.
From Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers by John Burroughs
One of the rare women who never pout or attitudinize, she could fling her glove gracefully— one might add, capturingly under every aspect, she was a handsome belligerent.
From The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5 by George Meredith
While two yellow-robed girls stood sentry-like at each side of the chancel, Miss Schirmer postured, gestured and attitudinized.
From Time Magazine Archive
He received occasional assistance from his companions, who struck up choruses or attitudinized with mirthful effect.
From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by John Matthias Weylland
While the bombardment was going on at Avron he exposed himself freely to the fire, but instead of superintending the operations he attitudinized and made speeches.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
They attitudinized also, with a kind of childish poetry that did not quite convince, for the fountain rained on them, and some of them shivered as cold gouts of water smote their shoulder-blades.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
Turning and smiling over her shoulder, she bent and swayed and attitudinized.
From Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore
With deft tonal shifts and acrobatic attitudinizing, Pinchot charges in at a pace rather fast for audiobook narration, but perfectly matching Kidd’s hyperkinetic prose.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
Dixon’s direction of the white actors’ performances exposes the dual meaning of the term “bad actors”: the officials’ fat-cat presumptions and facile attitudinizing are mocked in the characters’ exaggerated B-movie cadences.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2018
The play sustains this tongue-in-cheek attitudinizing almost until the end.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2012
Wars in Liberia, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Libya — the world's open wounds — were vocation destinations for this English photojournalist, whose pictures had the impact of stark truth stripped of political attitudinizing.
From Time ● Apr. 21, 2011
Guynemer was living his life in perfect confidence, feeling no personal ambition, not inclined to enjoy honors more than work, ignoring all affectation or attitudinizing, never politic, and naturally unconscious of his own simplicity.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
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