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doppelganger
dop·pel·gäng·er or dop·pel·gang·er D0343700 (dŏp′əl-găng′ər, -gĕng′-)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).]doppelgänger (ˈdɒpəlˌɡɛŋə; German ˈdɔpəlˌɡɛŋər) n (European Myth & Legend) legend a ghostly duplicate of a living person[from German Doppelgänger, literally: double-goer]dop•pel•gäng•er (ˈdɒp əlˌgæŋ ər; Ger. ˈdɔ pəlˌgɛŋ ər) n. a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person. [1850–55; < German] Doppelgänger, doublegangera supposedly ghostly counterpart or double of a living person.See also: Ghostsdoppelganger1. The wraith (e.g. id, astral body, or shadow) of a living being (German for “double-goer.”)2. A ghostly double of a person who is still alive.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | doppelganger - a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpartlegendary creature - a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual | TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeDoppelgängerdoppelganger A delusion that a double of a person or place exists elsewhere; it is related to other defects in recognition and suggests organic disease in the non-dominant parietal lobedoppelgänger Psychiatry A delusion that a double of a person or place exists elsewhere; it is related to other defects in recognition and suggests organic disease in the nondominant parietal lobe. See Depersonalization disorder, Schizophrenia. AcronymsSeedecigramdoppelganger
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