: accurately representing or imitating real life
a lifelike portrait
lifelikeness
noun
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The graphics in the video game are more lifelike than we imagined they would be.
the eyes of the lifelike portrait seem to follow visitors around the room
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With NPCs that exhibit lifelike behavior, including complex personalities and social dynamics, younger audiences might struggle to differentiate between virtual and real-world interactions.
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Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
In the spring of 2023, between morning workouts and evening performances in a West End adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, taxied by motorcycle to Crossman’s London studio, where the staff took his measurements and used three-dimensional scans to create a lifelike mold of his body.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2024
Even Marlowe directs this film using only realistic, lifelike hand puppets.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2024
On top of that, this decoy has an incredibly lifelike body.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
In the spring of 2023, between morning workouts and evening performances in a West End adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, taxied by motorcycle to Crossman’s London studio, where the staff took his measurements and used three-dimensional scans to create a lifelike mold of his body.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2024
Even Marlowe directs this film using only realistic, lifelike hand puppets.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2024
On top of that, this decoy has an incredibly lifelike body.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Lifelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifelike. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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lifelike
adjective
life·like
ˈlī-ˌflīk 
: accurately representing or imitating an actual living thing
a lifelike statue
lifelikeness
noun
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