play-act

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To perform on stage; to act in a play.
2. fiil To play (a scene, role etc.); to act out.

   “Kelly’s involvement made it a song not only about fame, but also about alleged sex across creepy power differentials. This wasn’t really even subtext: Gaga and Kelly playacted an Oval Office affair at the American Music Awards.”

3. fiil To engage in pretence or insincere behavior, often in order to mislead someone or gain an advantage.

   “Abby, watching Harper give the closeted performance that she’s been giving her whole life, sees a side of her that she doesn’t like — the one who play-acts and denies herself almost too well.”

4. fiil To make a pretence of; to feign or simulate.

   “If the devil’s advocate playacts disagreement with you for the sake of strengthening your argument, the concern troll is his mirror image, a person who pretends to agree with you in order to undermine you.”