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ersatz::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | replacement, substitute |
Examples of ersatz
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This is not the reaction the protesters in ersatz burkas were hoping to inspire.
From the economist.com
But why stop there when there are other ersatz justifications one can clutch at?
From the guardian.co.uk
When he is dancing with Giselle as an ersatz peasant his sleeves are rolled up.
From the guardian.co.uk
Our ersatz town square, no longer entombed in concrete, has become a real one.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Nice to see a Detroit automaker not trying to be faux Japanese or ersatz European.
From the usatoday.com
This office, which belongs to a friend, is less ersatz, less dilapidated than most.
From the time.com
I'm no liberal nor libertarian, so won't be involved in any ersatz Act Party.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The cabdriver's overstated disdain for America and its ersatz culture is infectious.
From the washingtonpost.com
The way we live now, there is so much ersatz terror, so much baseless fear.
From the sfgate.com
- An artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
- Artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
- Ersatz is a German word literally meaning substitute or replacement. Although it is used as an adjective in English, Ersatz can only function in German as a noun on its own, or as a part in compound nouns such as Ersatzteile (spare parts) or Ersatzspieler (substitute player). ...
- Dangerous Visions (ISBN 0-425-06176-0) is a science fiction short story anthology edited by Harlan Ellison, published in 1967.
- (ersatzness) The quality of being ersatz
- (air-zahts) serving as a substitute; a synthetic substance or artificial article that's used to replace something natural or genuine (eg: ersatz coffee made from grain, ersatz cigarette made from foliage, margarine as ersatz butter); a loanword derived in the 19th century from replace [ersetzen] ...
- (n/adj) - substitute; inferior type
