noun
the performance of a part or role in a drama (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑acting, ↑playing, ↑performing
• Derivationally related forms: ↑perform (for: ↑performing), ↑playact, ↑play (for: ↑playing), ↑act (for: ↑acting)
• Hypernyms: ↑activity, ↑performing arts
• Hyponyms:
↑portrayal, ↑characterization, ↑enactment, ↑personation, ↑impersonation, ↑method acting, ↑method, ↑mime, ↑pantomime, ↑dumb show, ↑business, ↑stage business, ↑byplay, ↑skit, ↑hamming, ↑overacting, ↑heroics, ↑reenactment, ↑roleplaying
• Part Holonyms: ↑performance
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ nouna. : the activity or profession of an actor
many people thought playacting was sinful — George Freedley & J.A.Reeves
b. : insincere or theatrical behavior : make-believe, pretense
her coy clapping of her hands over mouth … appears to have been playacting — E.D.Radin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.