stance

stance
Synonyms and related words:
affect, affectivity, affirmance, affirmation, air, allegation, announcement, annunciation, assertion, asseveration, assumption, attitude, averment, avouchment, avowal, bearing, beck, beckon, body language, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, charade, chironomy, climate of opinion, color, common belief, community sentiment, complexion, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, countenance, creed, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, declaration, demeanor, deportment, dictum, dumb show, emotion, emotivity, enunciation, estimate, estimation, ethos, eye, face, facial appearance, favor, feature, features, feeling, feeling tone, foothold, footing, footplate, footrail, footrest, garb, general belief, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, guise, hand signal, hold, idea, impression, ipse dixit, judgment, kinesics, lights, lineaments, lines, locus standi, looks, manifesto, mental attitude, mien, mind, motion, movement, mystique, notion, observation, opinion, pantomime, perch, personal judgment, physiognomy, point of view, poise, popular belief, port, pose, position, position paper, positive declaration, posture, predicate, predication, presence, presumption, prevailing belief, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, proposition, protest, protestation, psychology, public belief, public opinion, purchase, reaction, say, say-so, saying, sentiment, shrug, sight, sign language, stand, standing, standing place, standpoint, statement, theory, thinking, thought, toehold, traits, turn, utterance, view, viewpoint, visage, vouch, way of thinking, word

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  • stance — [ stɑ̃s ] n. f. • stanse 1550; it. stanza, proprt « séjour », du lat. stare 1 ♦ Vx Strophe. « Les stances avec grâce apprirent à tomber » (Boileau). 2 ♦ Au plur. Poème lyrique d inspiration grave (religieuse, morale, élégiaque) composé d un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • stance — UK US /stæns/ noun [C] ► a particular way of thinking about something, especially when those opinions are expressed publicly or officially: »an ethical/fiscal/moral stance a stance against/on/towards sth »The government took a tough stance… …   Financial and business terms

  • stance — [ stæns ] noun count usually singular ** 1. ) an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly: POSITION: stance on/toward/against: Tell us what your stance is on capital punishment. adopt/take a stance: We need to take a more positive… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stance — [sta:ns US stæns] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: estance, from Vulgar Latin stantia, from Latin stare to stand ] 1.) an opinion that is stated publicly = ↑stand stance on ▪ What is your stance on environmental… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Stance — (st[a^]ns), n. [OF. estance. See {Stanza}.] 1. A stanza. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. A station; a position; a site. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 3. (Golf, Baseball) The position of a player s feet, relative to each other and to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stance — (n.) 1530s, standing place, station, probably from M.Fr. stance resting place, harbor, from It. stanza stopping place, station, from V.L. *stantia place, abode, from L. stans (gen. stantis), prp. of stare to stand, from PIE root *sta to stand… …   Etymology dictionary

  • stance — [stans] n. [OFr estance < VL * stantia < L stans (gen. stantis), prp. of stare, to STAND] 1. the way a person or animal stands; standing posture, with special reference to placement of the feet, as the posture of a golfer, baseball batter,… …   English World dictionary

  • stance — index manner (behavior), opinion (belief) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • stance — [n] position, posture attitude, bearing, carriage, color, deportment, posture, say so*, slant, stand, standpoint, viewpoint; concepts 689,757 …   New thesaurus

  • stance — ► NOUN 1) the way in which someone stands. 2) an attitude or standpoint. 3) Scottish a street site for a market, stall, or taxi rank. ORIGIN French, from Italian stanza …   English terms dictionary

  • stance — noun 1 position in which sb stands ADJECTIVE ▪ correct, good ▪ natural ▪ rigid ▪ relaxed ▪ upright …   Collocations dictionary

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