playacting
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈpleɪˌæktɪŋ/
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- The children showed great talent in playacting their favorite characters from the movie.
Examples
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"What did you think of the kids who did the playacting?
Fiction book (1999) -
Nature and truth are the very enemies of playacting.
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It was a very important piece of playacting!
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In playacting, one becomes by doing, by performing a set of repeatable actions.
Academic text (1996) -
They're a weird mix of objectivism, hedonism, and mystical playacting.
Blog text (3) -
The actor's playacting captivated the entire audience during the performance.
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In drama class, we practiced playacting different emotions to enhance our skills.
Synonyms
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2.6
The art of playing a character in films, plays, or television
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3.1
Acting a role on stage in a play or show
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1.9
Acting as a character in a play
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5.7
An act of copying another person's voice and actions to entertain or trick people
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5.8
A false show of feeling or action meant to trick people
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3.3
An activity where people pretend to be someone else to practice real situations
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5.3
A way of acting as another person to practice or learn
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4.6
Copying someone's voice, face and actions to entertain or trick people
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6.0
A performance of a character on stage
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3.7
A staged play that actors perform live for an audience
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4.1
A way of acting to make others believe something that is not true
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7.4
Pretending to have an illness or feeling to trick others
To pretend to be another person by copying how they act, usually to trick or entertain
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Etymology
Playacting combines play ('game' or 'fun') and acting (like an actor, 'performing' or 'pretending'), so it literally means 'playing at performing' and explains why it can mean both acting on stage and simply pretending in everyday life.