impersonation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
impersonation
    n 1: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic
         effect [syn: {caricature}, {imitation}, {impersonation}]
    2: pretending to be another person [syn: {imposture},
       {impersonation}]
    3: imitating the mannerisms of another person [syn:
       {impersonation}, {personation}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impersonation \Im*per`son*a"tion\, Impersonification
\Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
   The act of impersonating; personification; investment with
   personality; representation in a personal form.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "impersonation":
      acting, aping, buffoonery, business, characterization, copying,
      counterfeiting, dumb show, embodiment, emulation, enacting,
      enactment, fakery, following, forgery, gag, ham, hammy acting,
      hit-off, hoke, hokum, imitation, imposture, impression,
      incarnation, masquerade, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming,
      mirroring, mummery, onomatopoeia, overacting, pantomime,
      pantomiming, parody, patter, performance, performing, personation,
      personification, plagiarism, plagiary, playacting, playing,
      portrayal, posing, projection, repetition, representation,
      simulation, slapstick, stage business, stage directions,
      stage presence, stunt, takeoff, taking a role
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