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| Pronunciation:  |   | `impursun'eyshun
 
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- [n]  imitating the mannerisms of another person  
 
- [n]  pretending to be another person  
 
- [n]  a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect  
 
 
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|   | Synonyms: |   | caricature, imitation, imposture, personation |  
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|   | See Also: |   | acting, apery, burlesque, charade, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, humor, humour, lampoon, mimicry, mockery, parody, pasquinade, performing, playacting, playing, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism, wittiness |       |  
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  
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|   | Definition: |   | \Im*per`son*a"tion\, Impersonification
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|   | Related Terms: |   | acting, aping, buffoonery, business, characterization, copying, counterfeiting, dumb show, embodiment, emulation, enacting, enactment, fakery, following, forgery, gag, ham, hammy acting, hit-off, hoke, hokum, imitation, imposture, impression, incarnation, masquerade, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, mirroring, mummery, onomatopoeia, overacting, pantomime, pantomiming, parody, patter, performance, performing, personation, personification, plagiarism, plagiary, playacting, playing, portrayal, posing, projection, repetition, representation, simulation, slapstick, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stunt, takeoff, taking a role |  
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