playacting

playacting
noun
the performance of a part or role in a drama (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑acting, ↑playing, ↑performing
Derivationally related forms: ↑perform (for: ↑performing), ↑playact, ↑play (for: ↑playing), ↑act (for: ↑acting)
Hypernyms: ↑activity, ↑performing arts
Hyponyms:
Part Holonyms: ↑performance

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: play (I) + acting
: the act of one that playacts: as
a. : the activity or profession of an actor

many people thought playacting was sinful — George Freedley & J.A.Reeves

b. : insincere or theatrical behavior : make-believe, pretense

her coy clapping of her hands over mouth … appears to have been playacting — E.D.Radin


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