poseur
noun
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than their true one.
poseurs
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pluralof poseur.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They might be poseurs tossing around references to Ginsberg and Bukowski, but the welcome mat the group offers Ed is enticing and inspiring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
And directors Bailey and Barbato seem intent on casting Louisville as a place of poseurs and pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
I have little doubt that he resents real scientists, as poseurs always do when confronted with the real thing.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025
But perhaps you have read all this and thought: this Times critic is as bad as the poseurs at the fair!
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2019
Gunters who wanted help joined a clan, and Aech and I both agreed that clans were for suck-asses and poseurs.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
