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IMPERSONATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Imitating the mannerisms of another person

Synonyms:

impersonation; personation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("impersonation" is a kind of...):

acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impersonation"):

apery; mimicry (the act of mimicking; imitative behavior)

Derivation:

impersonate (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)

impersonate (assume or act the character of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pretending to be another person

Synonyms:

impersonation; imposture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("impersonation" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)

Derivation:

impersonate (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)

impersonate (assume or act the character of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

Synonyms:

caricature; imitation; impersonation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("impersonation" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impersonation"):

mock-heroic (a satirical imitation of heroic verse)

burlesque; lampoon; mockery; parody; pasquinade; put-on; send-up; sendup; spoof; takeoff; travesty (a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way)

Derivation:

impersonate (represent another person with comic intentions)

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