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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPERSONATION; IMPERSONIFICATION

IMPERSONATION; IMPERSONIFICATION Im *per `son *a "tion, Im `per *son `i *fi *ca "tion, n.

 

Defn: The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impersonation

im per son a tion |imˌpərsəˈnāSHən ɪmpɜːrsəˈneɪʃn | noun an act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud: he did an impersonation of Fred Astaire.

 

Oxford Dictionary

impersonation

im |per ¦son |ation |ɪmˌpəːsəˈneɪʃn, ɪmˌpəːsnˈeɪʃn | noun an act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud: he did an impersonation of Fred Astaire | [ mass noun ] : he was tried on charges of impersonation and forgery.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impersonation

impersonation noun the president seemed genuinely amused by the impersonations of the first family: impression, imitation; parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, pastiche; informal takeoff, send-up; formal personation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impersonation

impersonation noun he did an impersonation of Fred Astaire: impression, imitation; parody, caricature, mockery, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, pastiche; informal take-off, send-up, spoof; rare personation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impersonation

im p r son tion 名詞 U C 物まね, 人まね ; 扮装 ふんそう ; 体現, 具現 ; 典型 ; (俳優の )演出 (法 ).