"impostor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪmˈpɒstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɑstɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-impostor.oga [General-American] Forms: impostors [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French imposteur. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|imposteur}} Middle French imposteur Head templates: {{en-noun}} impostor (plural impostors)
  1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity. Translations (someone who uses an assumed identity): iruzurti (Basque), самазва́нец (samazvánjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), измамник (izmamnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), мошеник (mošenik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), impostor [masculine] (Catalan), 冒充者 (Chinese Mandarin), 騙子 (Chinese Mandarin), 骗子 (piànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), podvodník (Czech), hochštapler [masculine] (Czech), napodobitel [masculine] (Czech), bedrager [common-gender] (Danish), bedrieger [masculine] (Dutch), trompanto (Esperanto), kritlari [masculine] (Faroese), svikari [masculine] (Faroese), svindlari [masculine] (Faroese), huijari (Finnish), toiseksi tekeytyjä (Finnish), imposteur [masculine] (French), imposteuse [feminine] (French), impostor [masculine] (Galician), თვითმარქვია (tvitmarkvia) (Georgian), Hochstapler [masculine] (German), Betrüger [masculine] (German), बहरूपिया (bahrūpiyā) (Hindi), szélhámos (Hungarian), csaló (Hungarian), imposztor (Hungarian), impostore [masculine] (Italian), 偽者 (nisemono) (Japanese), អ្នកក្លែងបន្លំ (nĕək klaeng bɑnlɑm) (Khmer), 사기꾼 (sagikkun) (Korean), planus [masculine] (Latin), viltvārdis [masculine] (Latvian), само́званец (samózvanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), и́змамник (ízmamnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), bedrager [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), impostor [masculine] (Polish), samozwaniec [masculine] (Polish), hochsztapler [masculine] (Polish), impostor [masculine] (Portuguese), impostora [feminine] (Portuguese), impostor (Romanian), impostoare [feminine] (Romanian), самозва́нец (samozvánec) [masculine] (Russian), samozvanac (Serbo-Croatian), varalica (Serbo-Croatian), impostor [masculine] (Spanish), impostora [feminine] (Spanish), bedragare [common-gender] (Swedish), самозва́нець (samozvánecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), самозва́нка (samozvánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impostor-en-noun-c6t6fXa9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 17 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 21 41 Disambiguation of 'someone who uses an assumed identity': 75 5 20
  2. (computer graphics) A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene, but not based on an actual 3D model. Categories (topical): Computer graphics
    Sense id: en-impostor-en-noun-BWrmGHHb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 17 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 21 41 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (linguistics) A term referenced in an unusual grammatical person. Categories (topical): Linguistics, People
    Sense id: en-impostor-en-noun-ondmnvgS Disambiguation of People: 26 8 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 17 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 21 41 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: impersonator, imposter, impostour [obsolete] Hyponyms: quack Derived forms: impostorism, impostorship, impostor syndrome, supernova impostor

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        },
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          "ref": "2018, Angela Xiaoxue He, Rhiannon Luyster, Sudha Arunachalam, “Personal pronoun usage in maternal input to infants at high vs. low risk for autism spectrum disorder”, in First Language, volume 38, number 5, →DOI",
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "iruzurti"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "samazvánjec",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самазва́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmamnik",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "измамник"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mošenik",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мошеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "冒充者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "騙子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "piànzi",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "骗子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "podvodník"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hochštapler"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napodobitel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bedrager"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bedrieger"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "trompanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kritlari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svikari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svindlari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "huijari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "toiseksi tekeytyjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imposteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imposteuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tvitmarkvia",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "თვითმარქვია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hochstapler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Betrüger"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bahrūpiyā",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "बहरूपिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "szélhámos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "csaló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "imposztor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impostore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nisemono",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "偽者"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nĕək klaeng bɑnlɑm",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "អ្នកក្លែងបន្លំ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sagikkun",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "사기꾼"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "planus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viltvārdis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "samózvanec",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "само́званец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ízmamnik",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́змамник"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bedrager"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samozwaniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hochsztapler"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impostora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impostoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samozvánec",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самозва́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "samozvanac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "word": "varalica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impostora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bedragare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samozvánecʹ",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самозва́нець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samozvánka",
      "sense": "someone who uses an assumed identity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самозва́нка"
    }
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    "impostor"
  ],
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}

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