Idle and Pose as

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Idle verb - To spend time doing nothing.

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Pose as is an antonym for idle.

Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

Pose as verb - To pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior.

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Idle is an antonym for pose as in pretend to be another topic.

As the society has grown more prosperous, it has adopted the Chalcedan norm of "keeping women idle" to show off one's prosperity, to the point where Althea has to pose as a man to get any work on a ship.

Source: Literature / Realm of the Elderlings

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