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VENTRILOQUISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does ventriloquism mean?

• VENTRILOQUISM (noun)
The noun VENTRILOQUISM has 1 sense:

1. the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)

Familiarity information: VENTRILOQUISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VENTRILOQUISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

ventriloquism; ventriloquy

Hypernyms ("ventriloquism" is a kind of...):

art; artistry; prowess (a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation)

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