playacting

Found in thesaurus: activity, performing arts

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playacting
n. feigning, pretending; acting, performing a dramatic role (in a play)
 
playact
v. pretend, feign; act, perform a dramatic role (in a play)

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playacting

Noun
1. the performance of a part or role in a drama
(synonym) acting, playing, performing
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
(part-holonym) performance
(derivation) act, play, roleplay, playact

 
playact

Verb
1. perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
(synonym) act, play, roleplay
(hypernym) perform
(hyponym) stooge
(verb-group) play
(derivation) barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper
(classification) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre


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playacting
Synonyms and related words:
acting, affectation, appearance, attitudinizing, bluff, bluffing, buffoonery, business, characterization, cheating, color, coloring, deception, delusion, disguise, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation, facade, face, fakery, faking, false air, false front, false show, falsity, feigning, feint, four-flushing, fraud, front, gag, gilt, gloss, ham, hammy acting, hoke, hokum, humbug, humbuggery, impersonation, imposture, masquerade, meretriciousness, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, mummery, ostentation, outward show, overacting, pantomiming, patter, performance, performing, personation, playing, portrayal, pose, posing, posture, pretense, pretension, pretext, projection, representation, seeming, semblance, sham, show, simulacrum, simulation, slapstick, speciousness, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stunt, taking a role, varnish, window dressing
  

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PLAYACTING
FACENDO LA COMMEDIA. FINGENDO. ESSENDO MELODRAMMATICO. RECITANDO

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playacting
Eng: playacting
Urdu: ناٹَک پَن ۔ بہروپ پَن ۔