mimicry (n.)

• acting
• apery
• aping
• buffoonery
• business
• caricature
• characterization
• embodiment
• enactment
• gag
• ham
• hoke
• hokum
• imitation
• impersonation
• incarnation
• masquerade
• mimesis
• mock
• mockery
• mummery
• overacting
• pantomime
• parody
• patter
• performance
• performing
• personation
• personification
• playacting
• playing
• portrayal
• posing
• projection
• representation
• slapstick
• stunt