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playacting
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
playacting
(noun)
playacting
/
ˈ
pleɪˌæktɪŋ/
noun
playacting
/
ˈ
pleɪˌæktɪŋ/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PLAYACTING
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]
:
behavior that is not honest or sincere
The company was losing money, but all of the
playacting
had people believing that it was doing well.
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