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Princeton's WordNet

  1. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role playernoun

    a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Wiktionary

  1. imposternoun

    Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity or other devious disguise.

Wikipedia

  1. Imposter

    An impostor (also spelled imposter) is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise. Their objective is usually to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering, but also often for purposes of espionage or law enforcement.

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  1. imposter

    An imposter is a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, often for fraudulent gain. This person creates a false identity, often with the intention of tricking people into providing access to resources or information, or to gain trust and acceptability in a particular setting.

Editors Contribution

  1. imposter

    Pretending to be nice, then kills people at the right time

    Then, soon, orange said, "Trust me, I am not the imposter, cyan is!"


    Submitted by ONORY on November 14, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of imposter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of imposter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of imposter in a Sentence

  1. Joseph Brodsky:

    The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even -- if you will -- eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with.

  2. Lisa Haisha:

    Once you start that important spiritual housekeeping work, your Imposters will surely protest. Your Victim Imposter might whine: I don’t wanna do the hard work. Don’t make me! Your Egotist Imposter might lament: I already know that I can do the hard work, ergo I don’t need to do it. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone!

  3. Lisa Haisha:

    It was only through countless experiences traveling the world, and later through my studies in spiritual psychology, that I was able to see in myself the very archetypes that I now see so clearly in others. I was able to trace the roots of my fears as they expressed themselves in my own Victim Imposter and release them.

  4. Lisa Haisha:

    The Seductor Imposter definitely has its superpowers, of course: charm, charisma, zeal, and spontaneity.

  5. Nancy Pelosi:

    I think part of it is his own insecurity as an imposter. I think he knows full well that hes in that office way over his head.

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