personation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun imitating the mannerisms of another person
noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

Though I am the arbiter of legal form, yet also I am the personation of Equity. — Changeling, and Other Stories, Donn Byrne
"Then there is still more reason to know her, that her personality may complete what her personation lacked." — On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau, Wilhelmine von Hillern
"Perhaps you don't know that there's an offence known as 'false personation with intent to defraud,' and that it's a felony. — Vice Versa; or, A Lesson to Fathers, F. Anstey

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