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impostorship

impostorship noun: the condition or practices of an impostor.

Noun

impostorship (uncountable)

  1. The condition or practices of an impostor.
    • [E]nclining rather to make this phantſm an expounder, or indeed a depraver of Saint Paul, then Saint Paul an examiner, and diſcoverer of this Impoſtorſhip; nor carring how ſlightly they put off the verdit of the holy Text unſalv'd, that ſays plainly there be but two Orders1641 June or July, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, and Whether It may be Deduc’d from the Apostolical Times by Virtue of Those Testimonies which are Alledg’d to that Purpose in Some Late...
    • This adds another layer of anxiety to the feelings of impostorship and cultural suicide they already experience.1999, Stephen Brookfield, Stephen Preskill, Discussion as a Way of Teaching

Origin of impostorship

From impostor + -ship.

Questions about impostorship

What does impostorship mean?
Impostorship means the condition or practices of an impostor.
What part of speech is impostorship?
Impostorship is a noun.

Words near impostorship in the dictionary

  1. impostor phenomenon
  2. impostor syndrome
  3. impostor syndromes
  4. impostorism
  5. impostors
  6. impostorship
  7. impostour
  8. impostours
  9. impostress
  10. impostresses
  11. impostrix

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