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n. A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.

n. A likeness or image, especially of a person.

idiom. in effigy Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.

n. a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

n. a likeness of a person.

n. The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.

n. A representation or imitation of any object, in whole or in part; an image or a representation of a person, whether of the whole figure, the bust, or the head alone; a likeness in sculpture, painting, or drawing; a portrait: most frequently applied to the figures on sepulchral monuments, and popularly to figures made up of stuffed clothing, etc., to represent obnoxious persons.

n. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

"I've been guilty of hanging PETA in effigy many times here on this site alone."

to hang in effigy   

representation   

hang in effigy   

straw man    God    guy    scarecrow    scarer    wax figure    waxwork    strawman    idol    graven image   

figure    picture    image   

statue    sarcophagi    bas-relief    carving    likeness    crucifix    statuette    bust    tomb    idol