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/ˌmætɹɪˈɒʃkə/ · noun
One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next..
The past is not only a foreign country that we half knew existed; it is hiding another concealed country behind it, and behind that one, another, and another – like a set of Russian matryoshki, in which larger dolls conceal smaller.
Use matryoshka when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Matryoshka means One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next..
Common synonyms include babushka, babushka doll, matryoshka doll, Russian doll.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The past is not only a foreign country that we half knew existed; it is hiding another concealed country behind it, and behind that one, another, and another – like a set of Russian matryoshki, in which larger dolls conceal smaller.
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