Antonyms for duplication
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : doo-pli-key-shuh n, dyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdu plɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌdyu- |
Definition of duplication
Origin :- early 15c., "doubling," from Middle French duplicacion (13c.) and directly from Latin duplicationem (nominative duplicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of duplicare (see duplicate (adj.)). Meaning "repetition" is from 1580s.
- As in parallel : noun complement, correlation
- As in simulation : noun imitation
- As in counterfeiting : noun copying
- As in ditto : noun the same; duplicate
- As in duplicate : noun copy, reproduction
- As in imitation : noun simulation, substitution
- It was all a kind of duplication, and I could be on the train or in the other place at will.
- Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various
- What does this suggest to the reader—this duplication of the threefold form of the Book?
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- This is a War Ballad, in triplet stanzas with 'duplication.'
- Extract from : « Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature » by Various
- There was no duplication, however, of the second part of the programme.
- Extract from : « The Phantom of the River » by Edward S. Ellis
- With this duplication, its national consciousness has as it were solidified.
- Extract from : « China, Japan and the U.S.A. » by John Dewey
- This duplication of pp. 23, 24 is in both the Brown and Lenox copies.
- Extract from : « The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. I: Acadia, 1610-1613 » by Various
- If this be so, there is a duplication of Sumatra as well as of Bengal.
- Extract from : « A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499 » by Unknown
- The Duplication of the Cube it is asserted can readily be demonstrated.
- Extract from : « Scientific Studies » by Henry Dircks
- Each of them, in fact, consists in a duplication of the soul.
- Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim
- In cults and mythologies the significance of this duplication is very striking.
- Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
Synonyms for duplication
- analogue
- analogy
- apery
- aping
- carbon
- carbon copy
- chip off the old block
- clone
- companion
- comparison
- coordinate
- copy
- copycat
- corollary
- correlate
- correspondence
- correspondent
- counterfeit
- counterfeiting
- counterpart
- counterscript
- countertype
- dead ringer
- ditto
- double
- dupe
- duplicate
- duplication
- echoing
- equal
- equivalent
- ersatz
- facsimile
- fake
- fellow
- forgery
- germination
- homologue
- image
- imitation
- impersonation
- impression
- kin
- knockoff
- likeness
- likewise
- lookalike
- match
- matching
- mate
- mime
- mimesis
- mimicry
- mirroring
- mockery
- obverse
- parallel
- paralleling
- parallelism
- paraphrasing
- parody
- parroting
- patterning
- phony
- photocopy
- Photostat
- picture
- pirate
- reciprocal
- recurrence
- reflection
- repetition
- replica
- replication
- representing
- repro
- reproduction
- resemblance
- ringer
- second
- semblance
- sham
- similarity
- simulacrum
- simulation
- spitting image
- stat
- takeoff
- the above
- the very words
- transcription
- travesty
- twin
- Xerox
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