ventriloquizing
Speaking through dummies
Ventriloquizing is the present participle of ventriloquize, meaning to speak or perform as a ventriloquist—projecting one's voice so it appears to come from elsewhere, typically a puppet or dummy.
The term extends figuratively to speaking on behalf of others or putting words in their mouths: The author was accused of ventriloquizing marginalized voices rather than letting them speak for themselves.
It can also describe channeling or giving voice to ideas not originally one's own.
Lifelike substitute figure
- puppetControlled performing figure
- stageRaised performance platform
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- comedyWork meant to amuse
act · entertainer · microphone · cabaret · showmanship · timing · routine · spotlight
One who speaks officially
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- puppeteeringAnimating figures by hand
- voicingExpressing aloud
intermediary · representing · parroting · echoing · appropriating · mediating · impersonating · fronting
Intentional focus manipulation
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- diaphragmMuscle separating chest, abdomen
- articulationClear vocal expression
- substitutionExchange of one for another
labials · practice · mirror · breathing · enunciation · consonants · modulation · pitch
Carnival concept scholar
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- authorialOf a writer
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- intertextualityConnections between written works
narration · displacement · textual · utterance · novelistic · representation
dummy
Lifelike substitute figure
- puppetControlled performing figure
- stageRaised performance platform
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
comedy · act · entertainer · microphone · cabaret · showmanship · timing · routine · spotlight · vaudeville
mouthpiece
One who speaks officially
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- puppeteeringAnimating figures by hand
voicing · intermediary · representing · parroting · echoing · appropriating · mediating · impersonating · fronting · co-opting
misdirection
Intentional focus manipulation
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- diaphragmMuscle separating chest, abdomen
- articulationClear vocal expression
substitution · labials · practice · mirror · breathing · enunciation · consonants · modulation · pitch · timing
Bakhtin
Carnival concept scholar
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- authorialOf a writer
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
intertextuality · narration · displacement · textual · utterance · novelistic · representation
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