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• n  adopting a vain conceited posture
• v  behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
• v  assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• Dazed by months of gladhanding and posturing, the candidates stumbled around in circles.
• Obama Was Criticized For Posturing On The New GI Bill For Veterans: Obama Criticized For Posturing On GI Bill.
• Wallace was named Secretary of Commerce, where he feuded bitterly with Truman who had by then ascended to the Oval Office over the nation's confrontational posturing with .

• pose
• posture
• model
• sit

News & Articles

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• State leaders' decisions on health insurance impact Oklahomans' lives
  With all the posturing and rhetoric produced by the ongoing health-insurance debate, one might tend to forget that there are actual flesh-and-blood people being dramatically affected by state leaders' decisions.
  June 11, 2013 - Tulsa World
• It's crunch time for budget in Harrisburg
  HARRISBURG - Bring on the posturing and political maneuvering. It is June in Harrisburg, when the state budget takes center stage and legislators plot ways to squeeze in priorities - and stomp on others.
  June 11, 2013 - Philly.com
• Armstrong School District, union agree on new contract
  By Tim Karan, Leader Times Don’t look now, but Armstrong School District just managed to solve another potentially problematic issue without any controversy, posturing or long-winded diatribes — none at ...
  June 11, 2013 - The Mckeesport Daily News

Quotes

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• Lee Terry in ABC News
  My views were was that this was Democrat posturing and a witch hunt,Terry said. "My trust in him in that position has taken a hit because of these contradictory statements by him."