verb
- adopting or displaying an exaggerated, affected, or insincere attitude or pose, typically to impress others
Usage: present participle of attitudinize; often used critically to suggest pretentiousness or artificiality
Examples
- She was attitudinizing on social media, presenting a false version of her life.
- The politician was accused of attitudinizing rather than addressing real issues.
- He spent the evening attitudinizing in front of the new crowd, trying to seem more sophisticated than he was.
- The actor's attitudinizing during interviews made him seem less credible.
- Instead of attitudinizing, she simply spoke her mind honestly.
- The critic dismissed the performance as mere attitudinizing without substance.