role-play
or role·play
to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
to experiment with or experience (a situation or viewpoint) by playing a role in a make-believe scenario: My therapist and I role-played ending a relationship—an important life skill.
to engage in role-playing.
the act or technique of role-playing, or an instance of this: We often use role-play to help new immigrants learn English.In my nursing class we had to prepare a role-play about a dementia patient and her caregiver.
Origin of role-play
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How to use role-play in a sentence
Or can you not say that because you cannot role-play as non-adults?
The UK’s War on Porn: ‘Proof That Men Making These Rules Do Not See Women as Equals’ | Aurora Snow | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe awkward, PSA-worthy interaction comes across as a consent role-play, rather than a believable, exciting first kiss.
Sex Won’t Kill Young Adult Heroines: ‘Divergent’ and Rape Culture | Amy Zimmerman | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in the “role-play” episode, he tells her that now they make love, and says, “You have an old idea of who I am.”
Adam Driver on Role-Play Sex with Lena Dunham on ‘Girls’ and Adam’s Stormy Relationship with Hannah | Marlow Stern | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe role-play sequence between you and Lena looked like it must have been a lot of fun to shoot.
Adam Driver on Role-Play Sex with Lena Dunham on ‘Girls’ and Adam’s Stormy Relationship with Hannah | Marlow Stern | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe loves the role-play of modeling—something she plans to continue.
Agyness Deyn in ‘Pusher’: On Stripping, Acting, and How She’s Not Done Modeling | Isabel Wilkinson | October 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
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