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UK
/ɪmpˌɜːsənˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˌɪmpɝsəˈneɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmpɝsəˈneɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- pretending to be another person
- imitating the mannerisms of another person
How To Use impersonation In A Sentence
- Her impersonations of our teachers were a source of considerable mirth.
- Bikini-clad dancers writhe onstage at a swinger's club in their best '80s music-video impersonation.
- This isn't simply an imitation or impersonation of Brando, but it's eerily close.
- Born in Lancashire, Jon realised his talent for impersonations as a child - mimicking the teachers at school!
- Brazil is also leading the charge in innovative biometric technology which it uses to identify voters and thereby cut down on impersonation. Nikolas Kozloff: Part III: What Is the Brazilian Brand?
- The Evening Press has learned that his history of impersonation and con tricks has landed him with prison sentences before.
- People think impersonation is a victimless crime, but it's not," she said. Heroes or Villains?
- Do you think Fey should bring back her Palin impersonation? Tina Fey's Sarah Palin impersonation: Are you ready for more? | EW.com
- Cole discusses such sensitive topics as female impersonation and minstrelsy in order to deconstruct and elaborate on the many nuances of the concert party theater.
- This tendency – which might be called a type of impersonation, a kind of camouflaging of the writer's authority and hence his responsibility – can be seen throughout Ishiguro's work, and goes hand in hand with his most persistent themes: the fear of disorganisation and abandonment; the psychical aftermath of childhood; and the relationship between the institutional and the personal through which these themes are frequently dramatised. Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro