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life·like  (lflk)
adj.
Accurately representing real life: a lifelike statue. See Synonyms at graphic.

lifelikeness n.

lifelike [ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk]
adj
closely resembling or representing life
lifelikeness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lifelikelifelike - evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"
realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans"
2.lifelike - free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"
unaffected - free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace"

lifelike
Translations
lifelike [ˈlaɪflaɪk] ADJnatural; (= seemingly real) → que parece vivo
her photo is so lifelikela foto es el vivo retrato de ella
lifelike [ˈlaɪflaɪk] adj [doll, dummy] → réaliste; [painting] → ressemblant(e)
lifelike [ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk] adjche sembra vero/a, realistico/a
lifelike [ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk] adjche sembra vero/a, realistico/a


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And is the irony compounded by the fact that his portraits are death masks of a sort, each detail exaggerated to produce a macabre lifelikeness, a fatalistic autonomy?
It is important to note that the aesthetic delight expressed by Villani and Chrysoloras bears no necessary relation to what is being represented, but derives solely from the lifelikeness of the depiction.
A new proprietary lip-synching technology called LooseLips from Presage Software Development further contributed to the lifelikeness of the characters by matching the digitized recordings of their dialogue to their mouth movements and automatically creating, by computer, the output animation art that matched the dialogue.
 
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