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- Dictionaryimposture/ɪmˈpɒstʃə/
noun
- 1. an instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others: "I discovered the imposture as soon as her doppelganger arrived"
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Imposture is the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Imposture is the act of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others. Learn more about this formal word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.
noun. the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others. deception using an assumed character, identity, or name, as by an impostor. an instance or piece of fraudulent imposition. Synonyms: cheat, humbug, deception, swindle, hoax, fraud. imposture.
Imposture is the act of pretending to be someone else. Everyone knows the Elvis impersonator isn’t really Elvis himself, but your imposture as Elvis’s long-lost daughter might actually fool some people. Imposture comes from the verb, to impose, and it has the sense of deliberately deceiving someone. Someone who perpetrates an imposture is ...
Imposture is the act of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others. Learn more about this formal word, its usage and related terms from the Cambridge English Dictionary.
n. the act or an instance of deceiving others, esp by assuming a false identity. [C16: from French, from Late Latin impostūra, from Latin impōnere; see impose] impostrous, impostorous, imˈposturous adj.
Imposture is an act of tricking people deliberately by pretending to be somebody else. Learn how to pronounce, use and avoid this formal word with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
