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playacting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acting, performing, playing |
| Type of | activity, performing arts |
| Has types | byplay, characterization, dumb show, enactment, hamming, heroics, impersonation, method, method acting, mime, overacting, pantomime, personation, portrayal, reenactment, roleplaying, skit, stage business, business |
| Derivation | playact |
Examples of playacting
playacting
No longer than sorting out an awful bit of playacting from a player who isn't hurt.
From the sfgate.com
There also were children's songs, a popular Arabic tune, and some playacting.
From the washingtonpost.com
If he is playacting, you have to wonder what he thinks that will accomplish.
From the time.com
It's a way of playacting the skills of a networked world, where shyness is a handicap.
From the time.com
When the rest of the movie does the same, it just feels like playacting.
From the boston.com
Swept away by their playacting, they end the scene clinging and kissing.
From the time.com
Just getting to them can require elaborate playacting and fake accents.
From the businessweek.com
Also a pity to see a player of Villa's class outragously playacting.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's the last party of high school but also the first night of playacting at being all grown up.
From the us.cnn.com
- Acting: the performance of a part or role in a drama
- Similar to diving, play acting is deceiving the officials that a player is injured to try and gain an advantage or force the referee to punish the "aggressor". Also known as feigning injury or Diving.^[177]
