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How you hold your ground, before you've said a single word.
means A way of standing or positioning the body, or by extension the attitude or position you take on an issue.
from From Old French 'estance' meaning a standing place or position, ultimately from Latin 'stare,' to stand — the same deep root that holds up 'stance,' 'stand,' 'station,' and 'statue.' It first meant a literal posture, then drifted into the figurative: where you plant yourself in an argument is just where you plant your feet, moved indoors.
- martial origin
- Every fighting art begins by teaching you where to stand
- power pose
- Wide feet broadcast confidence across primates and politicians alike
- car culture
- Stance also means slamming wheels into aggressive negative camber
- linguistic shift
- A physical posture became a metaphor for opinion
- surfing
- Goofy or regular foot decides your whole riding life
for instance
mccain's 2008 campaign stance — john mccain's position on the iraq war, which he supported unlike obama