English-Italian translations for posture

• postura
• atteggiamento
  Ci deve pertanto una spiegazione, una giustificazione, informazioni e notizie; ci deve un atteggiamento di serietà.We are owed an explanation, a justification, a notice and some information. We are at least owed a posture of seriousness.
  Con questo tipo di atteggiamento non progrediremo in termini di democrazia e quest'Aula è caratterizzata dal consenso, non da atteggiamenti scortesi. This kind of attitude will be of little use to us if we wish to make progress in terms of democracy, and this House operates with consensus, not blinkered postures.
  Mi rifiuto di associarmi a un atteggiamento politico che non tiene conto della realtà della Turchia e della sua politica, che è in contraddizione con il nostro progetto di integrazione europea. I refuse to associate myself with a political posture that takes no account of the reality of Turkey and its policy, at odds with our project for European integration.
• atteggiarsi

Definition of posture

• The way a person holds and positions their body
• A situation or condition
• One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person
• The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation
• to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired
• to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction
• To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose

Examples

• If youre finished posturing in front of the mirror, can I use the bathroom now?
• The politicians couldnt really care less about the issue: theyre just posturing for the media.
• to posture oneself; to posture a model

Related words

• postural
• posturing
• imposture
• stand in a posture