personation
personation noun: the act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character.
Noun
personation (countable and uncountable, plural personations)
- The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character
- The roles or characters so played
- It struck him abruptly that a woman whose only being was to "make believe," to make believe that she had any and every being that you liked, that would serve a purpose, produce a certain effect, and whose identity resided in the continuity of her personations, so that she had no moral privacy, as...1889–1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse […], volume (please specify the page), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC
- The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.
personation meaning in Tamil and Kannada
personation in Tamil
- ஆள் மாறாட்டம், ஆள் மாறாட்டம் செய்தல், ஆள்மாறாட்டம் செய்தல்
personation in Kannada
- ಪರರೂಪಧಾರಣ, ಪರಾನುಕರಣ, ಪರವೇಷಧಾರಣ
Forms of personation
| plural | personations |
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Questions about personation
- What does personation mean?
- Personation means the act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character.
- What is personation in Tamil?
- Personation in Tamil is ஆள் மாறாட்டம், ஆள் மாறாட்டம் செய்தல், ஆள்மாறாட்டம் செய்தல். See Personation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is personation?
- Personation is a noun.
- What is the plural of personation?
- The plural of personation is personations.
Words near personation in the dictionary
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