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单词 impostor
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impostorn.

Brit. /ɪmˈpɒstə/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɑstər/
Forms: α. 1500s–1600s imposture, (1600s impostur). β. 1600s–1800s imposter. γ. 1600s impostour, 1600s– impostor.
Etymology: < French imposteur (16th cent.) = Spanish impostor , Portuguese impostor , Italian impostore , < late Latin impostor , agent-noun < impōnĕre to impose v. (participial stem imposit- , impost- ). At its first adoption into English, the word was apparently confused with the older imposture n., the termination being subsequently altered to -er and -or, the latter of which, agreeing with the original Latin form, has survived.
One who imposes on others; a deceiver, swindler, cheat; now chiefly, one who assumes a false character, or passes himself off as some one other than he really is.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun]
shondc725
faitoura1340
fob1393
trumper?c1450
feature14..
chuffera1500
prowler1519
truphane1568
cozener1575
cogger1580
pretender1583
impostor1586
mountebank1589
sycophant?1589
foolmonger1593
affronter1598
assumer1600
knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602
pettifogger1602
budgeter1603
quacksalver1611
empiric1614
putter-off?1615
quack1638
stafador1638
saltimbanco1646
adventurer1648
fourbe1668
shammer1677
imposer1678
charlatana1680
sham1683
cheat1687
hocus1692
gull1699
shamster1716
coal-blower1720
humbugger1752
gagger1781
fudge1794
humbug1804
potwalloper1820
twister1834
jackleg1844
fraud1850
bunyip1852
empiricist1854
Bayswater Captain1880
bluffer1888
putter-down1906
quandong1939
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles
feigner1382
pseudo1402
simular1526
simuler1534
colourer1554
counterfeiter1561
truphane1568
counterfeit1574
put-forth1581
pretender1583
impostor1586
idol1590
would-be1607
phantasm1622
farce1696
imposture1699
Barmecide1713
simulator1835
fraud1850
sham1850
fake1855
swindle1858
shammer1861
make-believe1863
hoax1869
economizer1874
make-believer1884
ringer1896
phoney1902
faker1910
shill1976
α.
1586 King James VI in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 21 To takk..thaime to be malicious imposturis, as suirlie they are.
a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 161 Ther mett him an impostur or magician, which they held to be their oracle.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 145 Mahomet the great Imposture.
β. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 301 This thing haue the imposters of the world, vsed for a Phyltre.1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 81 They are seven as arrant imposters as ever deluded the credulous world.1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 113 The fanatics and imposters of the early ages.γ. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. xii. 94 Being found a meere Impostor, he dyed most miserably.a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 3 The Impostour Barchochebas.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 35. ¶4 There are several Impostors abroad, who take upon them the Name of this young Gentleman.1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zicci i. i It is very clear that this Zicci is some impostor.figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 63 These flawes and starts (Impostors to true feare). View more context for this quotationattributive.1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 14 The Impostor-Prophet Mahomet.1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iv. li. §10. 453/2 He commanded all those Impostor Priests to be crucified.1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. Ded. 40 What says our Imposter Jew to this?1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 70 An unworthy bondage of mean fear to some impostor opinion.

Draft additions June 2018

impostor syndrome n. the persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills; cf. earlier impostor phenomenon n. at Additions.
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1982 Vogue Dec. 107/1 Instead of brooding about the matter, Hirschfeld used her training to see how other women felt and where the ‘imposter’ syndrome might come from.
2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 27 Apr. a5/3 ‘It was one of the more acute attacks of impostor syndrome that I've had,’ he said yesterday.
2017 Northwest Asian Weekly (Seattle) (Electronic ed.) 18 Mar. 11 There might be a bit of impostor syndrome going on here as well where women may have something useful to say, but will immediately assume that their message isn't important.

Draft additions June 2018

impostor phenomenon n. originally Psychology the persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills.The more common term is now impostor syndrome.
ΚΠ
1978 P. R. Clance & S. A. Imes in Psychotherapy 15 242/2 We have been amazed at the self-perpetuating nature of the impostor phenomenon.
1984 N.Y. Times 11 Sept. c1/1 Victims of the impostor phenomenon persist in believing they are less qualified than their peers.
2001 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 10 Sept. 20 The impostor phenomenon does not only apply in the workplace and has been noted to affect students.
2014 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 15 Feb. 20 Arguments rage about the causes of impostor phenomenon.
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