Meaning

4 senses
  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.

    inszenieren, spielen, vorgaukeln

  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.

    in Pose werfen, posieren, so tun als ob

    assume certain affected attitudes

  4. (British, English, Oxford, US, figuratively, intransitive)To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes.

    sich darstellen, geziert sprechen, geziert agieren

Translations

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By meaning 3
to give the appearance of, or make a show of (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude:
to assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses — see also posture, posturize:
to create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes:

Origin

From Italian attitudine + -ize, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ize, from oblique stem of Latin a

From Italian attitudine + -ize, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ize, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ize.

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Forms

attitudinizes, attitudinizing, attitudinized, attitudinized
Base formattitudinize · to attitudinize
3rd person singularattitudinizes
Present participleattitudinizing
Past simpleattitudinized
Past participleattitudinized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyattitudinize
he, she, itattitudinizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsattitudinized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave attitudinized
he, she, ithas attitudinized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill attitudinize

Synonyms

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Word family

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