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appersonation

[ a-pur-suh-ney-shuhn, uh-pur- ]

noun

, Psychiatry.
  1. the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of appersonation1

1930–35; ap- 1 + personation ( def ), modeled on German Appersonierung

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