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play⋅act

[pley-akt]
–verb (used without object)
1. to engage in make-believe.
2. to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
3. to perform in a play.
–verb (used with object)
4. to dramatize (something): They playacted the movements of a burglar.

Origin:
1895–1900; back formation from playacting; see play, act, -ing 1


playacting, noun
playactor, noun
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