VENTRILOQUISM

noun Etymology: Late Latin ventriloquus ventriloquist, from Latin ventr-, venter + loqui to speak; from the belief that the voice is produced from the ventriloquist's stomach Date: circa 1797 the production of the voice in such a way that the sound seems to come from a source other than the vocal organs of the speaker, the expression of one's views and attitudes through another, ventriloquial adjective ventriloquially adverb