"playacting" meaning in English

See playacting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: playactings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} playacting (plural playactings)
  1. Alternative form of play-acting. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: play-acting
    Sense id: en-playacting-en-noun-iy3IjL7z

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} playacting
  1. present participle and gerund of playact Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: playact
    Sense id: en-playacting-en-verb-c9A2XoWn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

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