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Word: Imposture
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: via French from late Latin impostura, from Latin imposit- ‘imposed upon’, from the verb imponere (see impose)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪmˈpɒstʃə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others
Short Definition:instance of pretending to be someone else
Examples:- I discovered the imposture as soon as her doppelganger arrived
- in a day and a night of violence and imposture William Bentley also succeeds in capturing a smuggler
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