Meanings
prefix
- Indicating remarkable similarity to, or duplication of, the referenced person or object.
"It helps when she's doing non-Susany stuff, like bowling and getting close with Lucy, but she was an extroverted doppel-Susan away from the lanes."
2019 August 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Aug 12, 2019
Origin
Back-formation from doppelganger.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
doppel-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doppel-
MLA
“doppel-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doppel-. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doppel-,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doppel-.
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