Meaning of Poseur | Babel Free

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”

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