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showlike

showlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a show.

Adjective

showlike (comparative more showlike, superlative most showlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a show.
    • More to the point, merchandise has been transformed into a permanent spectacle, into a showlike theatre of commodities.2002, Mark Douglas Lowes, Indy dreams and urban nightmares
    • The showlike aspects are reinforced by TV shows about the practice of selling politics and media manipulation.2006, Felix Stalder, Manuel Castells: the theory of the network society

Forms of showlike

comparativemore showlike
superlativemost showlike

Origin of showlike

From show + -like.

Questions about showlike

What does showlike mean?
Showlike means resembling or characteristic of a show.
What part of speech is showlike?
Showlike is an adjective.

Words near showlike in the dictionary

  1. showjumper
  2. showjumpers
  3. showjumping
  4. showjumps
  5. showless
  6. showlike
  7. showman
  8. showmance
  9. showmances
  10. showmanish
  11. showmanism

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