Feigning
1Feigning — Feign ing, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. {Feign ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
2Feigning — Feign Feign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feigning}.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See {Dough}, and cf. {Figure}, {Faint}, {Effigy}, {Fiction}.] 1. To give a… …
3feigning — feɪn v. fake, pretend; make up, fabricate; imitate …
4feigning — noun 1. pretending with intention to deceive • Syn: ↑pretense, ↑pretence, ↑dissembling • Derivationally related forms: ↑dissemble (for: ↑dissembling), ↑feign, ↑ …
5malingering — Feigning illness or disability to escape work, excite sympathy, or gain compensation. [Fr. malingre, poor, weakly] * * * n. pretending to be ill, usually in order to avoid work or gain attention. It may be a sign of mental disorder (see also… …
6Feigningly — Feigning Feign ing, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. {Feign ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
7faking an orgasm — feigning sexual excitement or pleasure …
8necromimesis — Feigning death or the delusion that one is dead …
9Conversion disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F44 ICD 9 300.11 …
10Apparent death — Playing possum redirects here. For the 1975 album by Carly Simon, see Playing Possum. Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead or playing possum, is an antipredator behavior observed in a wide range of animals in which they take on the… …
