stance

English

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Etymology

Via French, from Italian stanza ‎(“standing place”), from Latin stāre ‎(“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɑːns/
• Rhymes: -ɑːns
• (US) IPA^(key): /stæns/
• Rhymes: -æns

Noun

stance ‎(plural stances)

1. The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.

   The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.

2. One’s opinion or point of view.

   I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.

   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian^[1]:

     His stance as being against the world of finance and his proposal of a 75% tax on incomes over €1m (£817,000) was approved by a majority in polls. He was convinced that his more measured, if ploddingly serious, style would win out with an electorate tired of Sarkozy's bling and frenetic policy initiatives.

3. (Scotland) A station; a position; a site; a stopping place for buses at a bus station

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

4. (obsolete) A stanza.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)

Synonyms

• opinion
• position
• stand

Translations

manner, posture, or pose in which one stands

• Arabic: مَوْقِف m ‎(mawqif)
• Czech: postoj (cs) m
• Dutch: houding (nl) f
• Finnish: asento (fi)
• French: position (fr) f, posture (fr) f
• German: Einstellung (de) f, Positur f
• Italian: postura (it)

• Norwegian: kroppsholdning m
• Persian: روش ايستادن - طرز ايستادن ‎(Raveshe istadan)
• Portuguese: postura (pt) f, posição (pt) f
• Russian: по́за (ru) f ‎(póza), сто́йка (ru) f ‎(stójka), положе́ние (ru) n ‎(položénije), пози́ция (ru) f ‎(pozícija)
• Spanish: postura (es) f
• Swedish: kroppsställning c

opinion or point of view

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立場 (zh), 立场 (zh) ‎(lìchǎng), 姿態 (zh), 姿态 (zh) ‎(zītài), 態度 (zh), 态度 (zh) ‎(tàidù)

• Czech: postoj (cs) m, pohled (cs) m, názor (cs) m
• Dutch: standpunt (nl) n, opinie (nl) f
• Finnish: asenne (fi), asennoituminen, kanta (fi), näkökanta
• French: position (fr) f, attitude (fr) f
• German: Haltung (de) f, Einstellung (de) f, Verhältnis (de) n, Standpunkt (de) m, point de vue m
• Italian: opinione (it) f, punto di vista (it) m, posizione (it) f

• Japanese: 立場 (ja) ‎(たちば, tachiba), 姿勢 (ja) ‎(しせい, shisei), 態度 (ja) ‎(たいど, taido)
• Norwegian: standpunkt n
• Polish: stanowisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: postura (pt) f, posição (pt) f
• Russian: пози́ция (ru) f ‎(pozícija), взгляд (ru) m ‎(vzgljad), отноше́ние (ru) n ‎(otnošénije), то́чка зре́ния (ru) f ‎(tóčka zrénija)
• Scottish Gaelic: seasamh m
• Swedish: ståndpunkt (sv) c
• Vietnamese: quan điểm (vi)

External links

• stance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• stance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• ascent
• enacts
• secant