Meaning

3 senses
  1. A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity.

    дублёрdubljór

  2. A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf.

  3. A person who is present nearby, or virtually connected to, a person with ADHD in order to increase their attention and focus.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is my body double.

  2. She didn't want to use body doubles.

  3. She was using body doubles.

  4. Tom Jackson has numerous body doubles.

  5. The man you killed was a body double. The real Tom Jackson is still alive.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
film stand-in:

Origin

The psychological sense was coined by ADHD coach Linda Anderson in 1996.

The psychological sense was coined by ADHD coach Linda Anderson in 1996.

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Forms

plural: body doubles
Singularbody double
Pluralbody doubles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
body double — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto