stances
Ways of standing
Stances is the plural of stance—a way of standing or positioning the body, especially in sports or combat: batting stances, defensive stances.
More often, stance refers to a mental position or attitude toward something: What's your stance on the issue?
The company has softened its stance on remote work.
Underlying support structure
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- gripSecure manual hold
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- groundingConnecting to earth
base · support · anchorage · leverage · steadiness · pivot · footwork · traction
Deliberate bodily arrangement
- positionLocation or stance
- bearingPosture or orientation
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
form · gait · poise · deportment · footing · squat · lunge · crouch
Established mental attitude
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- demeanorOutward manner, conduct
- bearingPosture or orientation
confidence · defiance · resolve · determination · stubbornness · resignation · acceptance · nonchalance
Way of seeing things
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- positionLocation or stance
- beliefTrust held as true
- convictionFirmly held belief
standpoint · sentiment · philosophy · ideology · doctrine · thesis · contention · assertion
foundation
Underlying support structure
grounding · base · support · anchorage · leverage · steadiness · pivot · footwork · traction · planted
pose
Deliberate bodily arrangement
balance · form · gait · poise · deportment · footing · squat · lunge · crouch · fighting
mindset
Established mental attitude
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- demeanorOutward manner, conduct
bearing · confidence · defiance · resolve · determination · stubbornness · resignation · acceptance · nonchalance · pessimism
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- positionLocation or stance
- beliefTrust held as true
conviction · standpoint · sentiment · philosophy · ideology · doctrine · thesis · contention · assertion · argument
- Taekwondofront kick, side kick, roundhouse kick, back kick, axe kick
- kung fukung fu, wushu, Shaolin, Shaolin Temple, tai chi
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- perspectivesviewpoints, viewpoint, point of view, POV, opinions
- Tai Chitaijiquan, qigong, ward off, forms, qi
- Katakata, forms
stancesmovements
Changes in position
motions · actions · gestures · locomotion · transitions
stancesneutrality
State of taking sides
noncommitment · indecision · ambivalence · fence-sitting · impartiality
stanceswobbles
Unsteady side-to-side movements
instability · imbalance · unsteadiness · falls · collapses
- anti-war stanceOpposition to armed conflict
- batting stanceHitter's preparatory position
- fighting stanceCombatant's ready position
- firm stanceUnwavering commitment to opinion
- boxing stanceReady posture for combat
- defensive stance