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Doppelgänger — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • doppelganger noun Someone who looks strikingly like another person, or a ghostly double of a living person.
  • double adj Twice the usual size, amount, or number, or consisting of two matching parts.
  • lookalike noun A person or thing that closely resembles another, especially a celebrity or well-known figure.

Senses

Doppelgänger is used for these senses in English:

  • lookalike Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another.

double — full definition

  1. adj Twice the usual size, amount, or number, or consisting of two matching parts.
  2. verb To make or become twice as large.
  3. noun A person who closely resembles and can stand in for another, often in film for dangerous stunts.

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