Counterfeit
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“Never call⟳ a true piece of gold a counterfeit.”
“Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste⟳ and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals.”
“‘Revelation’, to a philosopher such as Plotinus, was not merely irrational: it led to second-rate counterfeits of traditional academic philosophical culture. It was as if the inhabitants of an underdeveloped country were to seek⟳ to catch⟳ up with western technology by claiming to have⟳ learnt nuclear physics through dreams and oracles.”
“Thou drawest a counterfeit / Best in all Athens.”
“Even Nature's self envied the same, / And grudged to see⟳ the counterfeit should shame / The thing itself.”
“I fear thou art another counterfeit; / And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like⟳ a king.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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