The Devil's Dictionary: Replica

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
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REPLICA

-n.

A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is supposed to be more beautiful than it looks.

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