as in mime
disapproving
a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people
He's not really interested in art. He's just a poser.
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Recent Examples of poser
The smart money is on those with a long-term vision, capable of acting in the best interest of the future, instead of the compulsions of the moment, which will eventually delineate the posers and the professionals.
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Parijat Banerjee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Yet Barnet is skeptical of activism, depicting environmentalists as posers and lambasting the feminist movement.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Yellen showed up a lot [of] other visitors and posers.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Ben is a 21st century variation on the Gen X slacker, the kind of guy who acts like anything that’s not on the Criterion Channel isn’t worth bothering with and anybody who actually cares about something is a sellout, a poser, or a hypocrite.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
Del Rey wasn’t a poser, the thinking went, so much as a satirist.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
Guy who’s a poser?
—Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2022
Callahan's a poser.
—James Brown, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2022
Other than Rowan, Linda and other members of the support group, everyone is some sort of poser, striving for recognition.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2022
Parijat Banerjee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Yet Barnet is skeptical of activism, depicting environmentalists as posers and lambasting the feminist movement.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Yellen showed up a lot [of] other visitors and posers.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Ben is a 21st century variation on the Gen X slacker, the kind of guy who acts like anything that’s not on the Criterion Channel isn’t worth bothering with and anybody who actually cares about something is a sellout, a poser, or a hypocrite.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
Del Rey wasn’t a poser, the thinking went, so much as a satirist.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
Guy who’s a poser?
—Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2022
Callahan's a poser.
—James Brown, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2022
Other than Rowan, Linda and other members of the support group, everyone is some sort of poser, striving for recognition.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2022
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“Poser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poser. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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