0 the act of intentionally copying another person's characteristics, such as their behaviour, speech, appearance, or expressions, especially to make people laugh: --
His second task was to play the stage persona of recalcitrant boy player, presenting a lively burlesque of female impersonation, then 'compelled' to do it correctly.
Inevitably, however, her warmth would be exposed as an empty form, with no inner resonance, her behavior exposed as that of an actor, an impersonation of normality.
Why is so much emphasis placed here on the particulars of female impersonation?
In the exemplar, which has no real location, the buildings deliberately remain sketches only, impressions awaiting impersonation.
I abandoned the intoxicating, swirling rhythm of the living goddess for her calmer impersonation at the dance.
In defiance of early expectations, he has presented his authoritative impersonation of a gentlewoman.
The object of this paper is to explore the imagery of these deity impersonations and their relationship to the corn ritual.
These performances are mimetic representations, of course, but by largely substituting the conventions of popular clowning for those of dramatic impersonation they effectively mock mimesis.
