Definition of Imposture

1. Noun. Pretending to be another person.

Exact synonyms: Impersonation
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

imposthumations
imposthume
imposthumes
imposting
impostor
impostorism
impostors
impostorship
impostour
impostrix
impostrous
imposts
impostume
impostumes
imposturage
imposture
impostured
impostures
imposturous
impostury
imposure
impot
impotable
impotence
impotences
impotencies
impotency
impotentia
impotently

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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