play-acting
- a word derived from play-act.
Example Sentences
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Investors need to be able to distinguish “the play-acting from the real stuff.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
While critics mocked its arena battles as mindless play-acting, the fight to get them on screen was a serious business.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024
The melding of literature, play-acting and mockumentary-like humor centers this key notion that binary narratives of trans lives simply won’t cut it, but that engagement with art, beauty and creativity can and should.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Sitting in his screened-in porch, we tried to prepare him for his trip to the pharmacy by play-acting the interaction he would have, to ensure he would say the right thing.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2021
Janie wanted to hear the rest of the play-acting and how it ended, but she got up sullenly and went inside.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
