ventriloquism
noun/venˈtrɪləkwɪzəm/
/venˈtrɪləkwɪzəm/
[uncountable]- the art of speaking without moving your lips and of making it look as if your voice is coming from a puppet or another personWord Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin ventriloquium (from Latin venter ‘belly’ + loqui ‘speak’) + -ism.
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