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- Dictionarydoppelganger/ˈdɒp(ə)lˌɡaŋə/
noun
- 1. an apparition or double of a living person: "he has been replaced by an evil doppelganger"
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Someone who looks spookily like you, but isn't a twin, is a doppelganger. Originally, this was a type of ghost. The word doppelganger is German and literally means double walker — as in a ghost or shadow of yourself.
DOPPELGÄNGER definition: 1. a spirit that looks exactly like a living person, or someone who looks exactly like someone else…. Learn more.
a. : double sense 2a. said she had seen his doppelgänger. b. : alter ego sense 1b. c. : a person who has the same name as another. 2. : a ghostly counterpart (see counterpart sense 3a) of a living person.
A doppelgänger (/ ˈ d ɒ p əl ɡ ɛ ŋ ər,-ɡ æ ŋ ər /), sometimes spelled doppelgaenger or doppelganger, is a biologically unrelated look-alike or double, of a living person. In fiction and mythology, a doppelgänger is often portrayed as a ghostly or paranormal phenomenon and usually seen as a harbinger of bad luck.
Doppelgänger definition: a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.. See examples of DOPPELGÄNGER used in a sentence.
n. 1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart. 2. Either of two people who physically resemble each other very much. [German, a double : doppel, double (from French double; see double) + Gänger, goer (from Gang, a going, from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German).]
Definition of doppelgänger noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
6 days ago · doppelganger (plural doppelgangers) A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person. Synonyms: double, doubleganger; An evil twin. Synonym: alter ego; A remarkably similar double. Synonyms: lookalike, alter ego
• A doppelganger is invisible except to its owner and is not reflected in a mirror. • Perhaps a human could find its proper doppelganger of organisms in a closed bottle. • The doppelganger stands right behind its owner and always moves swiftly to dodge out of sight. Origin doppelganger (1800-1900) German doppelgänger “ double-goer ”
2 meanings: a ghostly counterpart of a living person legend a ghostly duplicate of a living person.... Click for more definitions.
