: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person
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Only Cassandra Freeman, who plays a poseur art collector who never stops talking about herself, manages to wring satirical laughs.
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Bobby the poseur has to work through a murder labyrinth to save his wife, but that game is mostly a distraction from the fact that Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) from the first Saw has resurfaced — and is revealed as an accomplice of Jigsaw from the very beginning.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 1 June 2024
Cara sees her as a poseur(*) and a privileged rich girl whose lifestyle is funded by her slumlord parents.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
In moments like these, Marianne, the poseur, becomes one with them.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Bobby the poseur has to work through a murder labyrinth to save his wife, but that game is mostly a distraction from the fact that Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) from the first Saw has resurfaced — and is revealed as an accomplice of Jigsaw from the very beginning.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 1 June 2024
Cara sees her as a poseur(*) and a privileged rich girl whose lifestyle is funded by her slumlord parents.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
In moments like these, Marianne, the poseur, becomes one with them.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023
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“Poseur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poseur. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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poseur
noun
po·seur
pō-ˈzər 
: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not
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