POSTICHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postiche mean? 

• POSTICHE (noun)
  The noun POSTICHE has 2 senses:

1. a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment

2. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

  Familiarity information: POSTICHE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTICHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

false hair; hairpiece; postiche

Hypernyms ("postiche" is a kind of...):

attire; dress; garb (clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postiche"):

Afro-wig (a wig that gives the appearance of an Afro hairdo)

switch (hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure)

toupe; toupee (a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness)

wig (hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fake; postiche; sham

Hypernyms ("postiche" is a kind of...):

imitation (something copied or derived from an original)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "postiche"):

fake book (a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly)

Potemkin village (something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance)