: a person who pretends to be what they are not : an affected or insincere person
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Nobody made videos in those primitive days, nobody except weird Brit poseurs and art freaks and thirsty postpunk eccentrics, so the network was forced to play them all.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
There’s also a conspiracy that catches fire on social media to make Superman look like a poseur.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
There’s also a conspiracy that catches fire on social media to make Superman look like a poseur.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2025
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“Poseur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poseur. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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poseur
noun
po·seur
pō-ˈzər 
: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not
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