## Meanings
1. The way a person holds and positions their body.
2. The attitude or position someone takes towards an issue.
3. To behave or speak in a way meant to impress others, without real meaning.

## Examples
- Good posture can help prevent back pain.
- The government adopted a tougher posture on immigration.
- The politicians are just posturing for the media.

## Derived Forms
- malposture
- postural
- posture-maker
- posture-master
- posturer
- posturise
- posturist
- posturize
- posturogram
- posturograph
- posturography

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: postura
- Root: positūra

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.

## AI Etymology
Posture is borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura. In present-day use, it can mean the way a person holds and positions their body, or the attitude or position someone takes towards an issue. Derived formations include malposture, postural, posture-maker, posture-master, posturer.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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