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[ adjective ] artificial and inferior

Examples

"ersatz coffee" "coffee substitute"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Does the writer know the difference between an `` ersatz '' ballad or tall_tale and a true product of the folk ?

Related terms

artificial

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[ noun ] an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation

Related terms

substitute

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