stance
Other forms: stances
Your stance is your posture or the way you stand. Figuratively, if you take a stance against bullying, you are standing against it.
If you take a stance on a contentious issue, it means you believe strongly about it one way or the other. If your stance is unpopular, you'll need some courage to speak your mind. The word comes from the Italian stanza which means stopping place. Your stance is something that's not likely to change. You have stopped there, your decision is made. You're done.
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a rationalized mental attitudetypes:hard linea firm and uncompromising stance or positioncityscapea viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated arealandscapean extensive mental viewpointcomplexiona point of view or general attitude or inclinationtype of:attitude, mental attitudea complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
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standing posture
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