poseur

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But a mixture of youth and age will produce the happiest results, if only your luck does not desert you After all, the essence of the thing is to have simple, unaffected people; the poseur is the ruin of genial intercourse, unless he is a good fellow whose pose is harmless.

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  1. noun One who affects a particular attribute, attitude, or identity to impress or influence others.

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  • Obama is a poseur, a charlatan, a fraud, a con man, just like this article, wise up people. —  legitgov
  • • You would always be viewed by many Americans as a poseur - a usurper. —  The Wide Awakes
  • Shapiro has gone out of his way to blast Rittenberg, calling him a "poseur," a "hypocrite," "an obvious hustler," "a typical high-pressure salesman," a "slippery liar" and "a shockingly inept and transparent spinner of tall tales." —  Imagethief
  • Khaleel Mohammed's frenzied name-calling only highlights his intellectual bankruptcy, his contempt for truthful and honest dealing -- and his increasing desperation at being exposed as the poseur he is. —  Assyrian International News Agency
  • That statement alone elucidates the difference between a real scientist and the kind of poseur we see in Richard Dawkins. —  InstaPunk
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  1. French, from poser, to pose, from Old French; see pose1.

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  1. French, from poser, pose. See pose.
 

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