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). attributive.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.

ΚΠ

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impostor
释义	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. ΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586
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