Personation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of personating, or of counterfeiting the person or character of another; impersonation.
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  • noun. The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.
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  • noun. The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.
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  • noun. imitating the mannerisms of another person
  • noun. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
    • Word Usage
    "'personation' -- it was a mask and a sounding-pipe."
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    false personation  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antimasque  calumniation  canonicalization  counterfeiting  draftsmanship  
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    Words with the same meaning
    acting  aping  buffoonery  business  characterization  
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