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impersonation

noun

Etymology

From im- + person + -ation or impersonate + -ion.

  1. derived from 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 — “mask”
  2. derived from persōna — “mask used by actor; role, part, character”
  3. derived from parsone
  4. inherited from persoun
  5. formed as impersonate — “in- + person + -ate”
  6. suffixed as impersonation — “impersonate + ion”

Definitions

  1. the act of impersonating

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for impersonation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA