What's the difference between pantomime and pantomimist?

Pantomime


Definition:

  • (n.) A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
  • (n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist.
  • (n.) A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.
  • (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.
  • (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest No shake: Donald Trump snubs Angela Merkel during photo op The piece of pantomime was in stark contrast to the visit of Theresa May in January.
  • (2) Defects in pantomime recognition always occurred in conjunction with reading defects of at least comparable severity, but reading defects sometimes occurred without comparable defects in pantomime recognition.
  • (3) Martin pantomimes the motion, holing up his fingers dramatically, and Malhotra chimes in with a “ding!” when the phantom bullet falls.
  • (4) Findings suggest that whether an aphasic with a language comprehension defect is impaired in sound recognition or pantomime recognition depends, at least in part, on individually variable predisposing factors.
  • (5) Even if that means poking the front half of the pantomime horse where it hurts.
  • (6) Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "It's pantomime season and the government joins in.
  • (7) Messages of two types (pantomime and emblem) were presented under four conditions (spoken message alone, spoken message repeated, gestured message alone, and spoken message plus redundant gesture).
  • (8) To investigate these issues, 24 psychotic children were required to represent absent objects (e.g., toothbrush) via pantomime after receiving verbal instructions or instructions accompanied by a model demonstrating the pantomime.
  • (9) And yet social care still finds itself very much the back half of the health-and-care pantomime horse.
  • (10) He called his pressure group founded to rid society of the evil of cake 'FUCKD and BOMBD' he described the effects of cake in lurid, pantomime terms that wouldn't have convinced a 14-year-old ingenue.
  • (11) While describing mimic and pantomimic aspects in depressive patients, the author points out how these features can often be found clearly reproduced in the paintings of artists.
  • (12) The pantomime came to an end and the cast departed Finally, in another plug for Guardians Of The Galaxy, Feige introduced a video of Chris Pratt and director James Gunn who accidentally on purpose revealed that a sequel has already received the green light and will open through Disney, as all Marvel films do, on 28 July 2017.
  • (13) Defects in sound recognition and pantomime recognition were found in association with a variety of lesion loci.
  • (14) We shouldn’t be passive onlookers to Trump’s pantomime presidency any longer.
  • (15) While the three language measures were strongly correlated with each other, auditory comprehension was the only one of them that was significantly and consistently related to the pantomime tests.
  • (16) Only Eurovision could offer up such a song: a plea for ethnic tolerance, cunningly disguised as an Abba track with the offcuts from a pantomime.
  • (17) Reed had said he would abstain because “it was a pantomime proposition and parliament at its most pointless”.
  • (18) This paper addresses the issue of the separability of disorders of sign language from disorders of gesture and pantomime.
  • (19) The BBC presenter confided to the Radio Times that he shares widespread public disdain for the "tawdry pretences" of modern politicians and the "green-bench pantomime" of Westminster politics.
  • (20) An earlier search, led by Crosby, became a pantomime as Tony Ball, the former Sky boss, made huge pay demands and the board was split over whether to meet them.

Pantomimist


Definition:

  • (n.) An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.

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