Associations to the word «Poseur»

Wiktionary

POSEUR, noun. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Dictionary definition

POSEUR, noun. A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne