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ersatz

UK /ˈɛəzæts/US /ˈɛəɹsɑts/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
An inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation.
- Back then, we could only get ersatz coffee.

noun1

•
Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
- They don't have the skills to tell ersatz magic from the real thing, for as children they daily invested the ersatz with what imagination they had. — 2003

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