Act and Image

Act

Act noun - A display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive.

Usage example: was putting on an act when she said she didn't mind being left out of the outing

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Image and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Image" instead the word "Act" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Image noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.

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Act and image are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead the word "Image" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: imaged, imaging, imagery

old	old act	old image
good	good act	good image
nice	nice act	nice image
particular	particular act	particular image
Other adjectives: similar, common, certain, original, single, popular, small, actual, entire, tough, little, bad, main, famous, new, heroic, final, last.

As the above image shows, Deadpool, of the Marvel Universe, can see the yellow text boxes that indicate scene transitions ("Meanwhile, in Manhattan...") or that act as substitute thought bubbles.

Source: Medium Awareness
This is when a character makes a huge show of the petting act, in order to help the character's image.

Source: Photo Op with the Dog
The Hitachiin twins and Hunny pair sailor tops with the kilt in the introductory image for volume 2 of Ouran High School Host Club; Haruhi also gets in on the act in the same image.

Source: Man in a Kilt

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