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eidolon

In fiction, and with an entity as a referent, an eidolon is a lossy representation of the entity.

subtopics

eidolonic deterioration

expressions with the same referent

adjectives with the same referent

adjective definition
eidolonic pertain to an eidolon or eidolons

commentary

linguistic basis

εἴδωλον (eídōlon) (phantom or ghost in Ancient Greek)