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：2025/11/21
-aster
Suffix
morpheme
Japanese Meaning
偽りの（〜者）：その分野に属すると主張するが、実際には能力や資質が欠けていることを揶揄する意味合いを持つ接尾辞。 / 低評価・軽視の意味を込めた（〜者）：本来の性質を模倣しているにすぎないとする、侮蔑的なニュアンスで用いられる。
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Used to form diminutive and pejorative nouns, labeling someone pretending to be what they are not.
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-aster
Calling him a poet-aster was cruel, but everyone knew he wrote only imitation verse and fancied himself a true poet.
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Calling him a poet-aster was cruel, but everyone knew he wrote only imitation verse and fancied himself a true poet.
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