doppelgänger
noun
a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
doppelgängers
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pluralof doppelgänger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A pair of women, seeming doppelgängers of Ari’s roommate and a second guest, suddenly appear; as inexplicably, the host vanishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
From absurdist metafictions involving doppelgängers to a documentary about a slain music star that utilizes never-before-seen home footage, these were the best Latino films of 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Lifelike puppet doppelgängers enabled scenes in which characters appear to interact with someone twice or half their size.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Heather Tal Murphy runs down four concrete ways A.I. doppelgängers of real people are already being used on screen.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2023
The same players, or their doppelgängers; the same pictured nymphs smiling on the ornate walls.
From The Princess Passes by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
