Impostor

Definitions

1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
2. A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene to look like part of the 3D world.
3. A term referenced in an unusual grammatical person.

Equivalents

Examples

“"It were dishonour in me to yield⟳. I will not play⟳ the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let⟳ him take⟳ them; I will not buy⟳ them with his daughter's hand."”

“Then again these figures take⟳ no account of the thousands of beggars who travel⟳ free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or even less, and their bodies smeared with ashes. A large number⟳ of these men are nothing but impostors, but the Hindu railway staff usually are afraid to interfere⟳ with them.”

““I said he had a criminal face⟳.” “He can't help⟳ his face⟳.” “He can help⟳ being a crook and an impostor. Calls himself a butler, does he? The police could shake⟳ that story. He's no more a butler than I am.””

“Interestingly, Wang shows that Chinese allows the appearance of an indexical pronoun alongside the imposter, as in (31).”

“One possibility is that mothers of HR [higher-risk] infants frequently use⟳ non-pronoun forms in place⟳ of pronouns, as in the impostor uses noted above.”

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