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| agnostic |
one who is unwilling or unable to commit to a particular stance concerning something. [1/4 definitions] |
| attention |
a military stance in which the body is erect, the legs and feet together, and the eyes forward. [1/4 definitions] |
| come out |
to declare one's stance. [1/8 definitions] |
| defensive |
taking or tending to take an excessively self-protective stance when feeling as if one is being criticized or that one's ego is being threatened. [1/6 definitions] |
| faun |
a rural deity in Roman mythology that had the upright stance and upper body of a man and the ears, horns, and lower body of a goat. |
| hidebound |
unyielding in one's stance or opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
| Homo erectus |
an extinct species of the human race that had a fairly small brain and an upright stance. (See Pithecanthropus.) |
| position |
to put (oneself) in a particular location, stance, or attitude, either physically or with regard to an issue or situation. [1/9 definitions] |
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