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In some senses, posing is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
The act by which something is posed.
different posings of what was essentially the same question
The act of one who poses or postures.
However much the Ghanaian masses warmed to the traditional pomp and circumstance of his occasional public appearances, members of the elite did not take Nkrumah's posings as a national chief seriously.
The act of portraying oneself artificially, usually to make oneself appear grander or to fit in with the crowd; pretense