单词	playacting
释义	playact verb play·​act ˈplā-ˌakt  playacted; playacting; playacts transitive verb : act out sense 1a intransitive verb 1 a : to take part in theatrical performances especially as a professional b : to make believe 2 : to engage in theatrical or insincere behavior playacting ˈplā-ˌak-tiŋ  noun Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Trixie advises Alma to playact highness to flummox E.B. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021 Today, this dynamic lives on in the form of Roblox strip clubs, where young people — mostly, minors — playact at adult sexuality. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2021 The world had first required her to playact as a man. Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020 Yona has it better than the locals who have agreed to playact, and likely die, in Mui’s fake new disaster. Madeline Leung Coleman, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2020 In a twist, The Sims is now a way to playact not just an alternate life, but any life at all. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2020 One of the funniest answers to this question comes from the comedian Conner O’Malley, who has built a career playacting the way consumerism warps our spirits. Sam Anderson, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020 Cloud is almost childlike, a boy playacting at being a warrior and not always nailing the part. Julie Muncy, Wired, 10 Apr. 2020 Awkwafina contains multitudes, and Nora From Queens gets a kick out of putting the main character, already grappling with her place in the world, in situations that give her the opportunity to playact. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2020 See More Word History Etymology back-formation from playacting First Known Use 1856, in the meaning defined at transitive sense playacting 1 of 2 noun as in pretense a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive it was clear to her friends that her reaction to the news was pure playacting Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance pretense act show facade guise charade masquerade pose disguise put-on pretence semblance airs front portrayal performance persona impersonation cloak dissimulation pretext façade deception affectation appearance fakery dissembling camouflage duplicity fraud deceit betrayal treachery double-dealing excuse image perfidy gloss double cross guile treason falseness falsity faithlessness infidelity unfaithfulness color Antonyms & Near Antonyms sincerity frankness bluntness directness straightforwardness candor outspokenness artlessness forthrightness genuineness naïveté naiveté naivete candidness openheartedness plainspokenness See More playacting 2 of 2 verb present participle of playact as in masquerading Synonyms & Similar Words masquerading posing pretending feigning acting dissembling playing impersonating dissimulating simulating shamming counterfeiting affecting faking concealing disguising professing camouflaging masking assuming bluffing making out letting on putting on feinting
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