actorlike
actorlike adjective: like or resembling an actor.
Adjective
actorlike (comparative more actorlike, superlative most actorlike)
- Like or resembling an actor
- Oedipus is actorlike in his taking upon himself words and deeds on the behalf of other characters.2000, Mark Ringer, Electra and the Empty Urn: Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 86
- They are thus more actorlike in some respects, but arguably less actors (than their forebears, or peasants) in other respects. In any case they are not plausibly the exaggerated actors marching around the metatheory of actor-centric social science.2002, Joseph Berger, Morris Zelditch, New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 253
Forms of actorlike
| comparative | more actorlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most actorlike |
| alternative form | actor-like |
Origin of actorlike
From actor + -like.
Words formed from actorlike
Questions about actorlike
- What does actorlike mean?
- Actorlike means like or resembling an actor.
- What part of speech is actorlike?
- Actorlike is an adjective.
Words near actorlike in the dictionary
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