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a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people
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Recent Examples of poseur
The Pogues, poor kids from the island, are at constant odds with the Kooks, the rich poseurs.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2023
As his profligacy and parties flashed bigger and brighter, his guests saw in Low no mere party-boy poseur, but a man of apparently limitless means, whatever their origin, whose interests could even enhance their own ambitions.
—Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
The seats just don't get it, but our guess is that the target customers for the Olds and the Chevy don't worry too much about seats and ergonomics—that's for Porsche people and other poseurs.
—David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023
Kylo Ren is the J. Alfred Prufrock of space: a self-conscious poseur, needled by his own insecurities.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2023
As his profligacy and parties flashed bigger and brighter, his guests saw in Low no mere party-boy poseur, but a man of apparently limitless means, whatever their origin, whose interests could even enhance their own ambitions.
—Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
The seats just don't get it, but our guess is that the target customers for the Olds and the Chevy don't worry too much about seats and ergonomics—that's for Porsche people and other poseurs.
—David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023
Kylo Ren is the J. Alfred Prufrock of space: a self-conscious poseur, needled by his own insecurities.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poseur
Noun
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Chasten passions and impulses, the Indian texts counsel, in order to be able to distinguish opportunity from danger, friend from pretender, good advice from folly.—
John Nemec,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
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In college basketball, what separates contenders from pretenders is a strong bench—a reliable sixth man, role players who know their purpose, and a culture that emphasizes development across the roster.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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No, the danger is what those charlatans exploit, namely our vulnerability to the narrative of natural healing, the irresistible allure of conquering cancer with a simple, intuitive approach that lies entirely within our power, no chemo or surgery required.—
Alan Levinovitz,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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There was too much history for anyone to dismantle, let alone a charlatan like Hitler.—
Luke Berryman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, a 67-year-old from San Diego was tricked out of her life savings when an AI impostor gang posed as Keanu Reeves, also raising awareness about romance scams impacting the elderly.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Speaking of which … How long has Helly been an impostor?—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So far the courts have agreed, saying the journals risk inspiring copycat killers.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Despite the copycat nature of baseball, the kick change likely won’t become baseball’s latest fad for one simple reason.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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With tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the mountebank of Mar-A-Lago wants to punish a small democracy of 5.3 million people that for the past 60 years has worked its way into the top table of drug research and production: Ireland.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Gould observed that Jerry Falwell had taken up the mountebank’s mission of William Jennings Bryan.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
26 July 2024
Noun
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Famous athlete revealed as Fuzzy Peas on Masked Singer while Ken Jeong shocks with Lord Farquaad look on wild Shrek Night With a final dramatic flourish of his cape and a quack, Lucky Duck departed, and it was revealed that Coral would be joining Paparazzo in the final six.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Milla — a young woman who feels disillusioned by doctors that treat her like a recalcitrant child, directing even conversations about her treatment to her father instead of her — finds false security in quacks selling enemas and juice cleanses.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Poseur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poseur. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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