ersatz
Collocations
5ADJ.
daily, honest, known
VERB + ERSATZ
drank, get, invested, tell
ERSATZ + NOUN
coffee, imagination, magic, material
PREP.
from, with
ADV.
only
Definitions
adj
inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation
Back then, we could only get ersatz coffee.
In these days of “rolled” gold, electro-plate, and undetectable pearls, it is curious that almost the only honest Ersatz material known to the goldsmith's art should be utterly forgotten.
noun
Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
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?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — artificial and inferior
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Back then, we could only get ersatz coffee.
WiktionaryIn these days of “rolled” gold, electro-plate, and undetectable pearls, it is curious that almost the only honest Ersatz material known to the goldsmith's art should be utterly forgotten.
WiktionaryErsatzgas, Ersatzpfennige. Ersatz has become a brave word in Germany. As a substantive it means War Reparations. As part of compounded words it means substitute.
WiktionaryThe 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 i
WiktionaryWhat 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 peop
WiktionaryThey 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.
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