appersonation

American

[a-pur-suh-ney-shuhn, uh-pur-] / æˌpɜr səˈneɪ ʃən, əˌpɜr- /

Also appersonification

noun

Psychiatry.

the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.

1930–35; ap- ¹ + personation ( def. ), modeled on German Appersonierung

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