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posturing

 noun
     
pos‧tur‧ing [uncountable and countable] formal
1 when someone pretends to have a particular opinion or attitude:
He dismissed the Senator's comments as ' political posturing '.
2 when someone stands or moves in a way that they hope will make other people notice and admire them
—posture verb [intransitive]
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