to ventriloquize
- verb
- /vɛnˈtrɪləkwaɪz/
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repetir las palabras de alguien
- And for the next 40 years, Reagan would prove his ability to ventriloquize his handlers' ideology again and again.
Examples
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It wasn't Cora speaking, but the guy who was ventriloquizing her to maintain a status quo that he was happy with.
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In contrast to her decision to report rather than voice the jeweler's words, Bea ventriloquizes her father, enacting an alliance with him that she subsequently reinforces with an explicit statement of love and regard for him.
Academic text (2017) -
In contrast to Caius's celebration of theatricality, she ventriloquizes antitheatrical arguments: according to her, this type of playacting contains no reality and does not deserve her attention.
Academic text (2017) -
Ventriloquizing her male addressee, Woolf asks, "And what sort of society do you propose to found outside ours, but in cooperation with it, so that we may both work together for our common ends?" (106).
Academic text (2017) -
It's unfortunate that so many hardboiled novelists seem to think that ventriloquizing the most obvious stylistic and aesthetic genre traits is all that's required to compete with the big guns of the form.
Blog text (14) -
And they do so in relation to a series of ranked and conquered lesser figures, of whom Modotti is the prime representative; indeed, she serves as the voice, ventriloquized by Weston, of all that is mastered and sublimated in his photography: the oracle of the Other.
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During the interview, he tried to ventriloquize his boss's opinions to impress the panel.
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The comedian often ventriloquizes the thoughts of various politicians in his routine, making satire sharp and relatable.
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In her speech, she ventriloquized the concerns of her colleagues, highlighting their struggles as if they were her own.
Synonyms
Repeat someone else's opinions without understanding them or adding your own
Surface Forms
Morphology
ventriloquize = ventriloquist (semi-transparent) = ventriloqu + ize
The transformation from 'ventriloquist' to 'ventriloquize' is clear, but the metaphorical use of expressing someone else's words is not immediately obvious.
Etymology
Ventriloquize comes from the Latin parts venter and loqui, meaning 'belly' and 'to speak'. A helpful image is a puppet that 'speaks' because the ventriloquist does the talking, so to ventriloquize can also mean to present someone else's words as if they were your own.
