Meaning of Ersatz | Babel Free
ˈɛəzætsDefinitions
Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
Equivalents
Examples
“The important point⟳ I want⟳ to emphasize here is that, regardless of a Government agency's conception of what a consumer expects of a food item, by and large the consumer detests the use⟳ of chemicals in foods as substitutes for nutritious, wholesome natural ingredients which improve⟳ flavor and quality. The consumer has little to gain⟳ in purchasing a product containing questionable ersatzes if his life is to be endangered or he will suffer⟳ ill effects.”
“What intrigues us is what will happen⟳ when the ersatzes for the ersatzes come⟳ along. Will characters start⟳ substituting for actors, bona fide dogs for barking ladies; will people start⟳ looking at people again instead of television and at nature instead of at documentaries?”
“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.”
““You do Berlin a disservice, baron. We too have⟳ mastered a few things: ersatzes, for instance, and the metaphysics of fictionalism—””
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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