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Stance   /stæns/   Listen
Stance

noun
1.
Standing posture.
2.
A rationalized mental attitude.  Synonyms: position, posture.






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"Stance" Quotes from Famous Books



... influence of the enemy. But his burdened early morning flight had told on Travis more than he thought, and he discovered he could not spur himself on to a pace better than a walk. Now and again one of the coyotes, usually Nalik'ideyu, would come into view, express impatience in both stance and mental signal, and then be gone again. The Apache was increasingly aware that the animals were disturbed, yet to his tentative gropings at contact they did not reply. Since they gave no warning of hostile animal or man, he could only be on constant guard, watching ...
— The Defiant Agents • Andre Alice Norton

... the inconsistent stance in Washington. The Special Programs Unit had for some time been convinced that only full integration would eliminate discrimination and dissolve racial tensions in the Navy, and it had understood Forrestal's desire ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.



Words linked to "Stance" :   point of view, erectness, posture, standpoint, stand, hard line, address, position, viewpoint, uprightness, mental attitude, attitude, attention



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