appersonation

[a-pur-suh-ney-shuhn, uh-pur-]

noun Psychiatry.

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

Also, ap·per·son·i·fi·ca·tion

[ap-er-son-uh-fi-key-shuhn] .

Origin:
1930–35; ap-¹ + personation, modeled on German Appersonierung

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Appersonation has a plethora of syllables.

So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

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