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: July 30, 2025
\DAH-pul-gang-er\ noun
What It Means
A doppelgänger is someone who looks very much like another person. In literary use, doppelgänger refers to a ghost that closely resembles a living person.
// I saw your doppelgänger at the movies yesterday and almost waved hello before I realized they weren’t you.
// In one of the creepiest parts of the story, the main character is haunted by a doppelgänger.
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