posture-makingn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒstʃəˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑstʃərˌmeɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: posture n., making n.¹

Etymology: < posture n. + making n.¹ Compare earlier posture-maker n. and later posture-make v.

The art or practice of making postures or contortions (literal and figurative); the adoption of a pose or posture; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun]

affectation1548

affection1570

phantastry1656

stilt1735

fal-lal1775

coxcombality1785

meemaw1790

posture-making1797

attitudinarianism1803

attitudinizing1812

piminy1819

stiltishness1824

niminy-piminyism1840

gyvera1866

notion1866

attitudinization1871

effectism1871

jam1882

chichi1908

poncing1969

pseudery1972

1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. iii. 261 The exercises which followed, of tumbling and posture-making, had also their admirers.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 156 The posture-making of the United States is renowned.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. ii. 89 The absence of posture-making in the works of the Pre-Raphaelites, as opposed to the Attitudinarianism of the modern school.

1870 J. T. Crane Pop. Amusements vi. 103 Young people who are famed as ‘beautiful dancers’ are generally good for nothing else. The time that should be devoted to something valuable is spent in practicing posture-making before a mirror.

1937 Helena (Montana) Independent 10 June 4/5 The whole ceremony of the coronation is full of the amplification and the posture-making of a semi-barbarous age and of that love of noise and tinsel which barbarians and children are understood to share in common.

1996 Northern Echo (Nexis) 1 Aug. 5 Lib-Dem councillor Andrew Williams accused the Tories of ‘posture-making’ and said the decision should be left for parents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	posture-making
释义	posture-makingn. Brit. /ˈpɒstʃəˌmeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑstʃərˌmeɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: posture n., making n.¹ Etymology: < posture n. + making n.¹ Compare earlier posture-maker n. and later posture-make v. The art or practice of making postures or contortions (literal and figurative); the adoption of a pose or posture; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] affectation1548 affection1570 phantastry1656 stilt1735 fal-lal1775 coxcombality1785 meemaw1790 posture-making1797 attitudinarianism1803 attitudinizing1812 piminy1819 stiltishness1824 niminy-piminyism1840 gyvera1866 notion1866 attitudinization1871 effectism1871 jam1882 chichi1908 poncing1969 pseudery1972 1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. iii. 261 The exercises which followed, of tumbling and posture-making, had also their admirers. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 156 The posture-making of the United States is renowned. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. ii. 89 The absence of posture-making in the works of the Pre-Raphaelites, as opposed to the Attitudinarianism of the modern school. 1870 J. T. Crane Pop. Amusements vi. 103 Young people who are famed as ‘beautiful dancers’ are generally good for nothing else. The time that should be devoted to something valuable is spent in practicing posture-making before a mirror. 1937 Helena (Montana) Independent 10 June 4/5 The whole ceremony of the coronation is full of the amplification and the posture-making of a semi-barbarous age and of that love of noise and tinsel which barbarians and children are understood to share in common. 1996 Northern Echo (Nexis) 1 Aug. 5 Lib-Dem councillor Andrew Williams accused the Tories of ‘posture-making’ and said the decision should be left for parents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1797
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