Poseur
Definitions
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
Equivalents
Examples
“He pretends he's an artist, but he's just a poseur.”
“She only dresses like⟳ that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she's such a poseur.”
“But he was also, what seems almost incompatible with this ferocious truthfulness, excessively self-conscious and morally attitudinising, a thin-skinned poseur.”
“I am a poseur and I don't care / I like⟳ to make⟳ people stare⟳”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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