ventriloquism
pronunciation
How to pronounce ventriloquism in British English: UK [venˈtrɪləkwɪzəm]
How to pronounce ventriloquism in American English: US [vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
Word Origin
- ventriloquism (n.)
- 1773, in the modern sense, from ventriloquy + -ism.
Example
- 1. He is lost in a kind of mental ventriloquism , calling up his emotions and studying them .