posture
The way a person holds and positions their body.
Other meanings
A situation or condition.
One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
Synonyms
- position
- attitude
Related words
- malposture
- postural
- posturer
- posturise
- posturist
- posturize
- posturogram
- posturograph
- posturography
- posture collar
- posture-maker
- posture-master
Word history
From Latin "positūra" (position, situation).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “posture” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.