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Definition of Imposture
1. Noun. Pretending to be another person.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Dissembling, Dissimulation
Derivative terms: Impersonate, Impersonate
Definition of Imposture
1. n. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Definition of Imposture
1. Noun. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imposture
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imposture
Literary usage of Imposture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"The Exclusion of all great Degrees of Enthusiasm and Imposture from the Characters
of Christ, the Prophets, and Apostles, prove their Divine Authority. ..."
2. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"THAT Christ, the prophets, and apostles, cannot be charged with any great degrees
of enthusiasm or imposture, seems allowed by many unbelievers; ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"Almost all the words used for expressing imposture have some reference to this idea.
Imponen; to place upon, refers to the same notion which ia expressed by ..."
4. The American Quarterly Review by Robert Walsh (1835)
"... the learning to vindicate, and the desperate energy to carry out in practice,
upon chosen victims ; who were either made accessaries in the imposture, ..."
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