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personation

noun

1 personation

Imitating the mannerisms of another person.

synonym: impersonation.

Roget 19: imitation; copying etc. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; ... show more

Roget 554: representation, representment; imitation etc. 19; illustration, delineation, depictment; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, ... show more

2 personation

Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture.

synonyms: characterization, enactment, portrayal.


Moby thesaurus: acting, aping, buffoonery, business, characterization, dumb show, embodiment, enacting, enactment, gag, ham, hammy acting, hoke, hokum, imitation, impersonation, incarnation, masquerade, mimesis, mimicking ... show more.

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