humble posture
Bowed, unassuming bearing
A humble posture is a physical stance or bearing that conveys deference, submission, or modesty—bowed head, lowered eyes, shoulders drawn in.
The phrase extends to figurative positioning: The company adopted a humble posture after the scandal, He took a humble posture in negotiations.
It suggests making oneself smaller or less threatening, whether through actual body language or rhetorical self-deprecation.
- bowedCurved or bent over
- kneelingLowering onto bent legs
- on bended kneeKneeling in supplication
- loweredMoved downward or reduced
- meekHumbly unassertive
submissive · genuflect · stooped · bent · prostrate · reverent · deferential · modest · unassuming · small voice · curtsy · head down · head bowed · lowered gaze · contrite · penitent · asking forgiveness · servile
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- pleadingpleading, begging, beseeching, imploring, entreating
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Assertive body positioning
head held high · swagger · peacocking · power stance · commanding presence
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