PERSONATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does personation mean? 

• PERSONATION (noun)
  The noun PERSONATION has 2 senses:

1. imitating the mannerisms of another person

2. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

  Familiarity information: PERSONATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSONATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Imitating the mannerisms of another person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

impersonation; personation

Hypernyms ("personation" is a kind of...):

acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "personation"):

apery; mimicry (the act of mimicking; imitative behavior)

Derivation:

personate (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

characterization; enactment; personation; portrayal

Hypernyms ("personation" is a kind of...):

acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "personation"):

impression (an impressionistic portrayal of a person)

character; part; persona; role; theatrical role (an actor's portrayal of someone in a play)

Derivation:

personate (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)