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playacting

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of playacting

a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive

it was clear to her friends that her reaction to the news was pure playacting

Synonyms of playacting

act, airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, guise, masquerade, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, show

Words Related to playacting

impersonation, performance, portrayal

appearance, color, gloss

camouflage, cloak

affectation, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, fraud, guile

betrayal, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness

excuse, pretext

Near Antonyms of playacting

bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete)

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