imposture
pronunciation
How to pronounce imposture in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpɒstʃə(r)]
How to pronounce imposture in American English:
US [ɪmˈpɑstʃə(r)]
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- Noun:
- pretending to be another person
Word Origin
- imposture (n.)
- "act of willfully deceiving others," 1530s, from Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, from impostus (see impost).
Example
- 1. If they knew , they would see through his imposture straight away .
- 2. This last imposture would be worse than the first .
- 3. Throughout this successful " corporate liberal " imposture , beginning in the progressive era and continuing ever since , one glaring public relations problem has confronted this big business-intellectual coalition .
- 4. If I am stressing the term imposture in my talk today , it is because it is certainly the first step by which one might approach the relation of psycho-analysis with religion and , through this , with science .
- 5. The report is invalid when anything of the following happens - illegal transfer , reproduce , embezzlement , imposture , modification or tampering in any media form .