Stance

Noun

 * 1) The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.
 * The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.
 * 1) One’s opinion or point of view.
 * I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.

Synonyms

 * opinion
 * position
 * stand

Thesaurus
affect, affectivity, affirmance, affirmation, air, allegation, announcement, annunciation, assertion, asseveration, assumption, attitude, averment, avouchment, avowal, bearing, beck, beckon, body language, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, charade, chironomy, climate of opinion, color, common belief, community sentiment, complexion, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, countenance, creed, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, declaration, demeanor, deportment, dictum, dumb show, emotion, emotivity, enunciation, estimate, estimation, ethos, eye, face, facial appearance, favor, feature, features, feeling, feeling tone, foothold, footing, footplate, footrail, footrest, garb, general belief, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, guise, hand signal, hold, idea, impression, ipse dixit, judgment, kinesics, lights, lineaments, lines, locus standi, looks, manifesto, mental attitude, mien, mind, motion, movement, mystique, notion, observation, opinion, pantomime, perch, personal judgment, physiognomy, point of view, poise, popular belief, port, pose, position, position paper, positive declaration, posture, predicate, predication, presence, presumption, prevailing belief, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, proposition, protest, protestation, psychology, public belief, public opinion, purchase, reaction, say, say-so, saying, sentiment, shrug, sight, sign language, stand, standing, standing place, standpoint, statement, theory, thinking, thought, toehold, traits, turn, utterance, view, viewpoint, visage, vouch, way of thinking, word

Etymology
Via from  stanza:, from  stare:.

Translations

 * Czech: postoj
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese: postura, posição
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Czech: postoj
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: asenne, asennoituminen, kanta, näkökanta
 * Italian: ,


 * Polish: stanowisko
 * Portuguese: postura, posição
 * Russian: ,

Anagrams

 * ascent
 * enacts
 * secant