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Meanings of imposture in English

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impostura

Pretending to be another person.

impostura
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Examples for "impersonation"
Examples for "impersonation"
1
Less of Tom Bradby's rather good impersonation of an American news anchor.
The Guardian
2
Another was brutally cruel to animals; another was the impersonation of laziness.
The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
3
Wyclif was beyond his age; Luther was the impersonation of its passions.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
4
Not even Malibran could equal her in the impersonation of this character.
Great Singers, Second Series / Malibran To Titiens
5
So what's the difference between flavors and flat-out impersonation of another food?
Wired
Usage of imposture in English
1
I thought your book an imposture; I think it an imposture still.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
2
The commencement of the nineteenth century has been equally pregnant with imposture.
Thaumaturgia; Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous
3
Proofs of the imposture were little by little discovered by the critics.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English Hist...
4
Only that the hero is as gross an imposture as the heroine.
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
5
The imposture revolted me, but the interest of my son was concerned.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 05
6
Then the punishment of imposture began to be felt severely by me.
Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
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He persisted in considering religion as a superb legend, a magnificent imposture.
Against the Grain
8
It is all coarse imposture, that can deceive only the weakest mortals.
For Woman's Love
9
Away unworthy husband, the deed speaks for itself, the imposture is frightful.
Amphitryon
10
The chief contrivers of this imposture were Titus Oates and Dr. Tonge.
Royalty Restored; Or, London Under Charles II
11
For these, and such like reasons, Johnson calls the whole an imposture.
Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 / The Work...
12
Probably he has adopted some imposture or other to effect his plan.
The Club of Queer Trades
13
Trust her to carry out this imposture which now seems so wild.
The Lure of the Mask
14
The story, if it was not true, was not delusion, but imposture.
Occasional Papers / Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and t...
15
All women, save the least intelligent, penetrate this imposture with sharp eyes.
In Defense of Women
16
Imagine the indignation of the creditor upon the discovery of the imposture!
Art in England: Notes and Studies
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