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Wiktionary

  1. v. present participle of playact.
  2. n. pretence
  3. n. overdramatic behaviour

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the performance of a part or role in a drama

Examples

  • “Stop and think about it a second, what qualifies a person that lives in a 'playacting' world to be smarter than these residents?”

    Canadian Beauty Queen Stands Up For Seal Hunt

  • “Chase most Gay guys do not have a lisp thing those who do that want to do so as some kind of playacting!”

    Think Progress » “Dogs aren’t born mooing, and people aren’t born gay.”

  • “So gender is a kind of playacting? he has asked her once.”

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  • “It was quite well done all-round--no weak links in the cast or direction--but what makes it worth $65 is Kline's performance as Falstaff, which is revelatory in the sense that it allows Shakespeare's words to shine through clearly without additional "playacting" on his part.”

    Fun at Lincoln Center.

  • “It is all a kind of playacting, which they perform with remarkable skill.”

    The Child of the Dawn

  • “Ultimately, at 8 Hearts, there is an Event that is similar to the Marriage Event in the 1st Generation, although it is a 'playacting' event to some extent.”

    IGN Complete

  • “Ultimately, at 10 Hearts, there is an Event that is similar to the Marriage Event in the 1st Generation, although it is a 'playacting' event to some extent.”

    IGN Complete

  • “A man could get very confused from this kind of playacting — I don't know how you do it, Renoux. ”

    Mistborn

  • “Kit stopped her playacting and began to fiddle with the tea set.”

    Simon & Schuster: Slice Of Cherry

  • ““Why would the Catholic church do this?” he asked in both the mock and serious incredulity of a playacting but serious Catholic.”

    Simon & Schuster: First Contact

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