posturing
姿勢をとる
解説 Definition
posturing は posture（姿勢をとる、態度を示す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。体の姿勢を意識してとる場合にも、人前で特定の態度を見せる場合にも使われます。
Posturing is the present participle and gerund of posture. It means deliberately arranging one’s body in a particular pose or adopting a conspicuous attitude, sometimes to create an impression rather than express a sincere position.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
posture「姿勢をとる、態度を見せる」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e は落とさず posturing となります。鏡の前で体の形を整える場面が基本です。文脈によっては「実質より見せ方を重視して大げさな態度を取る」という批判的な響きもある点を覚えましょう。
Connect posturing with posture, the way the body is positioned. Add -ing directly because posture keeps its final e before this suffix: posturing. First picture a dancer carefully arranging the body before a mirror; this anchors the literal sense. Then extend the same image to public behavior: someone may “adopt a posture” to look brave, powerful, or principled. In that figurative use, posturing often sounds critical because the display may be more impressive than sincere. Useful combinations include political posturing, macho posturing, and posturing for the camera.
例文
The dancer was posturing carefully before the mirror.
そのダンサーは鏡の前で慎重に姿勢をとっていました。
He kept posturing for the camera during the practice session.
彼は練習中、カメラに向かってずっとポーズをとっていました。
The actor spent several minutes posturing like a soldier.
その俳優は兵士のような姿勢をとるのに数分かけました。
posturing の類義語・関連語
posturing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
posturing は posture に -ing が付いた形です。posture はフランス語 posture を経て、ラテン語 ponere「置く」由来の positura「置かれた位置」にさかのぼり、関連語に pose、position があります。つまり「体の置き方」から、見せつける態度を取る意味へ広がりました。
Posturing is formed from the verb posture plus -ing. Posture entered English through French from Latin positura, meaning a placing or position, which is related to ponere, “to put or place.” Its earliest core concerns how the body is placed. The verb later developed the figurative sense of assuming a noticeable or calculated attitude, especially for effect, which remains common in modern uses of posturing.
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