Personation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Personation \Per`son*a"tion\, n.
     The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or
     character of another; impersonation.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  personation
       n 1: imitating the mannerisms of another person [syn: {impersonation}]
       2: acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially
          representing the character by speech and action and
          gesture [syn: {portrayal}, {characterization}, {enactment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "personation":
     acting, aping, buffoonery, business, characterization, dumb show,
     embodiment, enacting, enactment, gag, ham, hammy acting, hoke,
     hokum, imitation, impersonation, incarnation, masquerade, mimesis,
     mimicking, mimicry, miming, mummery, overacting, pantomime,
     pantomiming, patter, performance, performing, personification,
     playacting, playing, portrayal, posing, projection, representation,
     slapstick, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stunt,
     taking a role