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/vɛnˈtɹɪl.ə.kwɪst/ · noun
A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism..
Most ridiculous is the discomfiture which attends the opponents of predication, who, like the ventriloquist Eurycles, have the voice that answers them in their own breast.
"Oh, I am a ventriloquist," said the little man. "I can throw the sound of my voice wherever I wish, so that you thought it was coming out of the Head. […]"
Use ventriloquist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ventriloquist means A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism..
Common synonyms include biloquist, ventriloque.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Most ridiculous is the discomfiture which attends the opponents of predication, who, like the ventriloquist Eurycles, have the voice that answers them in their own breast.
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