PLAYACTING

Meaning of PLAYACTING in English

[noun] [U] - pretending; behaviour intended to amuse or to hide your real thoughts and feelingsHer exaggerated outbursts of anger and joy were part of any adolescent's necessary playacting.Don't take any notice of him - he's just playacting.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

PLAYACTING — noun see: playact
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PLAYACTING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: play (I) + acting : the act of one that playacts: as a. : the activity or …
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PLAYACTING — n. feigning, pretending; acting, performing a dramatic role (in a play)
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PLAYACTING — see playact
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PLAYACTING — Synonyms and related words : acting, affectation, appearance, attitudinizing, bluff, bluffing, buffoonery, business, characterization, cheating, color, coloring, deception, delusion, disguise, …
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PLAYACTING — Комедия
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WALL — I. ˈwȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weall rampart, wall; akin to Old Saxon wal …
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NIMBLE — I. ˈnimbəl adjective ( nim·bler -b(ə)lə(r) ; nim·blest -b(ə)lə̇st) Etymology: Middle English nymel, nemel, from Old English numol holding much, …
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EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)tē, -ti adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmtig, ǣmettig empty, unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, …
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RE-CREATION — |rē+ noun Etymology: re- + creation : the act of creating over again : renewal our watchful care for their …
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PLAYACT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: back-formation from playacting intransitive verb 1. a. : to take part in theatrical performances especially professionally : …
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PLAYACT — — playacting , n. — playactor , n. /play"akt'/ , v.i. 1. to engage in make-believe. 2. to be insincere …
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PLAYACT — verb Etymology: back-formation from playacting Date: 1901 transitive verb : act out 1a intransitive verb 1. a. : to take …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAYACT — [play.act] vb [back-formation fr. playacting] vt (1901): act out 1a ~ vi 1 a: to take part in theatrical performances …
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EMPLOYEE TRAINING — also called Job Training, or Occupational Training, vocational instruction for employed persons. During and after World War II, in-service training …
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WINDOW DRESSING — Synonyms and related words : acting, adjunct, adornment, affectation, anteriority, appearance, arrangement, attitudinizing, bluff, bluffing, bold front, brave face, brave …
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VARNISH — Synonyms and related words : acting, adorn, affectation, air brush, alibi, allow for, allowance, apology, appearance, apply paint, art paper, …
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STUNT
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STAGE PRESENCE — Synonyms and related words : acting, buffoonery, business, characterization, gag, ham, hammy acting, hoke, hokum, impersonation, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, …
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SPECIOUSNESS — Synonyms and related words : acting, affectation, apparent character, apparent soundness, appearance, appearances, attitudinizing, bluff, bluffing, casuistry, cheating, circularity, color, …
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SLAPSTICK — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Thalia, acting, agile wit, arlequinade, black comedy, black humor, bladder, broad, broad comedy, buffoonery, …
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SIMULATION — Synonyms and related words : accordance, acting, adoption, affectation, agreement, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, appearance, approach, appropriation, approximation, assimilation, assumption, …
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SIMULACRUM — Synonyms and related words : Prospero, acting, affectation, airiness, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, angle, appearance, aspect, associate, attitudinizing, bluff, …
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SHOW — Synonyms and related words : Grand Guignol, Passion play, Prospero, Tom show, accompany, accord, account for, acting, advertise, affect, affectation, …
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SHAM
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SEMBLANCE — Synonyms and related words : Prospero, accordance, acting, affectation, affinity, agreement, air, airiness, alibi, alikeness, alliance, analogy, angle, aping, apology, …
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SEEMING — Synonyms and related words : Barmecidal, Barmecide, Prospero, acting, affectation, airiness, airy, alleged, angle, apparent, apparitional, appearance, appearing, aspect, assumed, …
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REPRESENTATION
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PROJECTION
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PRETEXT — Synonyms and related words : acting, affectation, alibi, allege, alternative, appearance, attitudinizing, avow, bluff, bluffing, camouflage, cheating, choice, claim, cloak, …
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