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IMPERSONATION
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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)
