attitudinarianism means pretentiousness, posture-making. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ATTITUDINARIANISM — [Noun] The systematic practice of adopting affected attitudes or postures for effect; a doctrine of studied pretentiousness. From attitudinarian (one who affects attitudes, from attitude + -arian) + -ism (denoting a practice or system). Unlike sincerity, which denotes a guileless honesty of feeling, or authenticity, which implies fidelity to an inner self, attitudinarianism is the conscious curation of a borrowed shell. It is the artful slump at a café table, the declamatory passion of a politician with no fixed beliefs, and the precisely angled cigarette held as a prop of nonchalance—a pantomime of conviction where the only true belief is in the effect itself. It is the exhausting labor of appearing to have lived.
noun
- pretentiousness, posture-making.