playacting
- a word derived from playact.
Example Sentences
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Between 2018 and 2021, McIndoe, now 25, went from state to state, playacting the role of radicalized cult leader pushing an absurd conspiracy theory—that, as he put it, “birds aren’t real.”
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2024
And after she introduced “Teenage Dream” with her tale of turning 21, giant video screens flickered to life with clips of a kindergarten-age Rodrigo playacting the showbiz finesse to come.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024
What we need is a stable raft, not messy playacting.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023
Online critics have slammed the job switchers as naïve, suggesting that they are playacting at poverty or taking blue-collar jobs from less educated people who need them.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023
He just loved playacting, and he was good at it too.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
