English Dictionary

attitudinize

/ˌætɪˈtjuːdɪnaɪz/

verb

(intransitive) To assume an affected, unnatural exaggerated attitude or pose. / (transitive) To cause to assume a pose. / (transitive) To give the appearance of, make a show of by posing.

She likes to attitudinize and pretend to be someone she's not.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To assume an affected, unnatural exaggerated attitude or pose.

Charlotte, who has the best voice, was brought out to sing, but was placed a little behind, as her person is not quite perfect; Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to attitudinise at the harp […]

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause to assume a pose.

In Greenwich, there were many gravelled walks, unshrubbed except for the nurses who dotted them, silent and attitudinized as trees.

意味（3）

(transitive) To give the appearance of, make a show of by posing.

Radet was a cadaverous, weather-worn, passion-worn individual, badger-grey, and worked up into a grotesquely attitudinised fury of injured self-esteem